Can you elaborate a little bit more cause I'm totally new to this openssl. I'm doing this to create encryptions for my paypal buttons
On Jan 8, 2008 3:53 AM, David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 3. I installed OpenSSL and run it in the Windows Vista cmd and > > the command > > is > > openssl genrsa -out my-pkey.pem 1024 > > > > I got the following: > > > > C:\OpenSSL>openssl genrsa -out my-prvkey.pem 1024 > > Loading 'screen' into random state - done > > Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus > > ..............................++++++ > > ........++++++ > > unable to write 'random state' > > e is 65537 (0x10001) > > > > Anyone know why? > > My bet would be it's Vista file protection. It probably tried to write its > random state out to a default location that was not writable by the > current > user. One simple workaround would be to set an environment variable > "RANDFILE" with a name of a file you can create and write to. > > I think it should be safe to ignore. The relative loss in security should > be > negligible. But you probably shouldn't take my word for it. > > DS > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
