Entropy and DSA key

[Damien Miller]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Laurent Papier wrote:

> > No, you should adjust ssh_prng_cmds to gather more entropy or pester your
> > OS vendor for /dev/random.
> 
> We have the exact same problem here on AIX 3.x. We now use prngd and this
> completly solve the problem.

Short of pursuading your OS vendor to give you a /dev/random, using
PRNGd is the best approach. IMO the built-in entropy code should 
really be a last resort.

-d

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