Philip a écrit : > 2. Does ssh only use urandom once, that is to generate keys while it is > configuring? Again I have assumed yes.
ssh-keygen uses /dev/random to generate keys. ssh and sshd uses /dev/urandom when they need weak random bits, like for creating the temporary symetric key. At least, it's how I understand it. -- Gael Le Mignot "Kilobug" - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://kilobug.free.fr GSM : 06.71.47.18.22 (in France) ICQ UIN : 7299959 Fingerprint : 1F2C 9804 7505 79DF 95E6 7323 B66B F67B 7103 C5DA Member of HurdFr: http://hurdfr.org - The GNU Hurd: http://hurd.gnu.org