hi,

just tried 0.9.7a on solaris8 with /dev/random patch
and solaris9. if openssh ist started during boot
the first few times (2-3) i get "PRNG is not seeded".
then it starts.

i use /dev/random only -- no other device (by using
-DDEVRANDOM=\"/dev/random\" -DDEVRANDOM_EGD=NULL config
options). we want to have real random numbers -- we
dont care if it takes longer.

the problem seems to come from the select() call in
crypto/rand/rand_unix.c. there is a fixed timeout
value (50*1000 -> 50ms). i am currently playing
with some other values and figuring out where this
trouble comes from.

i'll report on this list.

think that at least the timeout value sould be
configurable...
-- 
niki w. waibel - system administrator @ newlogic technologies ag
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