From: chris los (clos@trentu.ca)
Date: Fri Jul 05 2002 - 16:03:22 EDT
The recommended alternatives for /dev/random are PRNGD and EGD. A couple
of suggested sites were:
EGD - http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
PRNGD -
http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/pfixtls/prngd.html
I also had this response:
>Don't worry about it. Basically, when you built OpenSSL, the proper
>routine was added, probably ssh-rand-helper in this case. OpenSSH
>does not require it's own random function and looks to OpenSSL for
>this functionality. Just build OpenSSH normally and everything
>should work. As for it being inferior, that may be the case but the
>world is full of "buggy" /dev/random functions in FreeBSD to this day.
Original question:
>
>Am trying to build OpenSSH 3.4p1 on Tru64 v4.0f. But, I first have to
>build zlib and OpenSSL (openssl-0.9.6d). The document which outlines the
>prerequisites for a portable install of OpenSSH recommends using
>"/dev/random" to support OpenSSL. I don't have this file on my Tru64
>system, so does this mean I have to use the "ssh-rand-helper" as
>suggested in the INSTALL document? Apparently this is the inferior
>alternative.
>
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