PRNG is not seeded

Attila Bardi battila at battila.hu
Mon Jun 28 22:12:43 EST 2004


Hello,

solaris by default, doesn't have /dev/random or /dev/urandom
You can install a kernel patch for them or you can use the software
random number generator which is came with ssh.


On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Spencer Crim wrote:

> hi
>
> I am using Solaris 8 and installing the 3.8 openssh software that I received
> from www.sunfreeware.com
> I following the installation instruction see attachment but when I get to
> ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key -N ""
> I get a PRNG is not seeded   could you help me in this matter. Thank you for
> your cooperation.
>
>
> Spencer Crim
>
>

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