On Wed, Sep 27, 2006, Erik Leunissen wrote: > > This makes me think that: > - either there has been some other call into the OpenSSL library that > implicitly seeded the PRNG without my noticing it (perhaps > DSA_generate_parameters() or DSA_new() ), or > - the warning mechanism doesn't work properly > > Can anybody shed some light on what's happening here? > > In case it's relevant: the DSA_* functions that I mentioned above, are > used in a program that has been running on Linux and on Windows 2000. >
OpenSSL makes use of some standard sources of entropy on various platforms to seed the PRNG automatically. On linux this includes the /dev/urandom device and on Windows various things including the CryptoAPI PRNG. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
