> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Leunissen > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 4:53 PM > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Re: Seeding the OpenSSL PRNG > > Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > OK, that explains, thanks. > > The program is going to be distributed to clients who run a > Windows variant (2000, XP) or a unix-like OS (*BSD, Solaris, > Linux, ...). > > I reckon that /dev/urandom is present on most unices, so I > can count on the automatic PRNG seeding.
Beware - some versions of HPUX do not come with a suitable random data device. If I recall correctly, HPUX 11.00 and 11.11 do not have one, but HPUX 11.22 does. Your end-users may need to install one of the random data devices available from HP (they freely provide /dev/random, /dev/urandom and their own version of openssl with a bundled random data device) SunOS/Solaris 5.6 and 5.7 also lack a random data device. -- Adam Mlodzinski ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
