> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Schwartz > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:34 PM > To: openssl-dev@openssl.org > Subject: RE: RAND > > > > Does it mean that Openssl will try to seed by > > *itself* first when it is initialized, and this operation fails on > > PPC2003 because of not enough enthropy ? > > This is a user question, not a developer question and > is on the wrong list. > > Yes, OpenSSL will try to seed itself using whatever > sources of entropy it can find on the system. But if the > system doesn't have any, then this will fail.
Thanks for the explanation and correct me. Just subscribed to the users mailing list :-) Vu ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
