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

[Paul Allen]

David Blacka wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "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.

I've used it on 64-bit hardware (Ultra 10) under Solaris 8.  No
problems that I can see.

Paul Allen
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