Free Sun patch 105710-01 provides /dev/random on Solaris (fwd)

[David Blacka]

>>>>> "JF" == Jason Fortezzo <fortezzo at directlink.net> writes:

 JF> At 07:41 PM 11/11/2000, you wrote:
 >> Can anyone verify this and provide a URL for the docs?
 >> 

 JF> You can get it via SunSolve,
 JF> ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/105710-01.tar.Z.

 JF> There are a few catches, mind you.
 JF> 1)  The patch in question only works for SunOS 5.5.1 and 5.6
 JF> 2)  This patch is the international version, I don't
 JF> think it matters one bit for the /dev/random functionality tho.

Actually, I've used it successfully on Solaris 5.7 and 5.8, but in
32-bit mode only.

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