Compiling OPENssh to use random package

Ben Lindstrom mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org
Thu Apr 11 06:45:49 EST 2002


--rand-helper=no ?

That should disable all attempts by OpenSSH to use external entropy
besides what OpenSSL provides.  If it fails to run then you need to look
at recompiling OpenSSL with your /dev/random device installed.

- Ben

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, emsecrist wrote:

> Hello,
> I have attempted several times to compile openssh3.1p1 that will use a
> random package called ANDIrand. How can I compile and get ssh to use this
> random number generator? I have tried the --rand-helper switch with my
> configure and still it does not work. I am compiling in Solaris 8, and need
> to then create a package that can be used on Solaris 6, Solaris 7, and
> Solaris 8.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Secrist
>
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