They have a path for solaris 8 that adds /dev/random now    just for info
Patch #  112438-01

At 03:58 PM 6/6/2002 -0600, Tim Pushor wrote:
>Wow, it says right in your error output:
>
> > 10175:error:24064064:random number generator:SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES:PRNG not
>seeded:md_rand.c:501:You need to read the OpenSSL FAQ,
>http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html
>
>And from the FAQ [USER] Section 1:
>
>Pointing $RANDFILE to an Entropy Gathering Daemon socket does not work. Use
>the "-rand" option of the OpenSSL command line tools instead.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Landers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 3:36 PM
>Subject: Newbie with RANDFILE
>
>
> > OK, I give up. What am I doing wrong? Apache 2.036 trying to on Solaris 8.
>Everything seems fine during install. egd working. Random file is
>/var/spool/prngd/pool. Pointed the RANDFILE at the file in openssl.conf. but
>keep getting the following.
> >
> > I searched the archives but no luck.
> >
> > ./CA.sh -newca
> >
> > Making CA certificate ...
> > Using configuration from /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf
> > unable to load 'random state'
> > This means that the random number generator has not been seeded
> > with much random data.
> > Consider setting the RANDFILE environment variable to point at a file that
> > 'random' data can be kept in (the file will be overwritten).
> > Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
> > 10175:error:24064064:random number generator:SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES:PRNG not
>seeded:md_rand.c:501:You need to read the OpenSSL FAQ,
>http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html
> > 10175:error:04069003:rsa routines:RSA_generate_key:BN lib:rsa_gen.c:182:
> >
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