[openssh-commits] [openssh] 01/04: OpenSSH's builtin entropy gathering is long gone.

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commit 6d4e980f3cf27f409489cf89cd46c21501b13731
Author: Darren Tucker <dtucker at dtucker.net>
Date:   Thu Feb 15 22:16:54 2018 +1100

    OpenSSH's builtin entropy gathering is long gone.
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 INSTALL | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f00b276d..2e781042 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -169,13 +169,11 @@ also be enabled in sshd_config (refer to the UsePAM directive).
 
 --with-prngd-socket=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD
 support and to specify a PRNGd socket. Use this if your Unix lacks
-/dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy
-collection support.
+/dev/random.
 
 --with-prngd-port=portnum allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD support
 and to specify a EGD localhost TCP port. Use this if your Unix lacks
-/dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy
-collection support.
+/dev/random.
 
 --with-lastlog=FILE will specify the location of the lastlog file.
 ./configure searches a few locations for lastlog, but may not find

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