Re: [openssl-users] [openssl-dev] Do you use EGD or PRNGD?

2015-06-01 Thread Richard Levitte
nce December and are current through 1.0.2a. We rsalz> > do use prngd. I am looking for ways to get back on the official platform list, rsalz> > looking for alternatives to prngd for that platform, and trying get vendor by- rsalz> > in in this area. rsalz> rsalz> Thanks for t

Re: [openssl-users] [openssl-dev] Do you use EGD or PRNGD?

2015-06-01 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Salz, Rich wrote: > We are thinking of removing support for EGD (entropy-gathering daemon) in > the next release. None of our supported platforms have needed it for some > time. If this will cause an issue for you, please reply soon. > Rich... At the cost of bein

Re: [openssl-users] Do you use EGD or PRNGD?

2015-06-01 Thread Salz, Rich
Thanks for the info! > it should be noted that a networked variant of the EGD protocol has been > used by at least one hardware RNG vendor, though I am unsure if the builtin > EGD code in OpenSSL could ever talk directly to that variant anyway. I don't think so, since all the code does is open

Re: [openssl-users] [openssl-dev] Do you use EGD or PRNGD?

2015-06-01 Thread Salz, Rich
> While HP NonStop is not officially supported, I have been helping to maintain > a fork for the platform since December and are current through 1.0.2a. We > do use prngd. I am looking for ways to get back on the official platform list, > looking for alternatives to prngd for that p

Re: [openssl-users] Do you use EGD or PRNGD?

2015-06-01 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 01/06/2015 16:03, Salz, Rich wrote: We are thinking of removing support for EGD (entropy-gathering daemon) in the next release. None of our supported platforms have needed it for some time. If this will cause an issue for you, please reply soon. While the original EGD is needed only o

[openssl-users] Do you use EGD or PRNGD?

2015-06-01 Thread Salz, Rich
We are thinking of removing support for EGD (entropy-gathering daemon) in the next release. None of our supported platforms have needed it for some time. If this will cause an issue for you, please reply soon. -- Senior Architect, Akamai Technologies IM: richs...@jabber.at Twitter: RichSalz _

PRNGD home page has moved

2007-01-12 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
Hi, the homepage of the PRNGD (Pseudo Random Number Generator Daemon) has moved. It can now be found at http://prngd.sourceforge.net/ Best regards, Lutz __ OpenSSL Project http

PRNGD 0.9.28 released

2004-05-17 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
Hi! I have just uploaded version 0.9.28 of prngd. It does fix a hang in an endless loop under certain conditions. I have never seen this myself on HP-UX but I have received some reports, more or less all from Solaris 8 users, one of which finally lead to the correct analysis. Problem: after

Re: prngd

2002-11-27 Thread Brad House
Use RAND_egd("/var/opt/prngd/egd-pool") in whatever program you're compiling to use with OpenSSL. Just make sure you call that routine before doing any SSL functions. -Brad KING,RICHARD (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: OS: HPUX 11 SSL VER: OpenSSL 0.9.6g 9 Aug 2002 Hello, I'm compi

Re: prngd

2002-11-27 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:25:11AM -0800, KING,RICHARD (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > OS: HPUX 11 > SSL VER: OpenSSL 0.9.6g 9 Aug 2002 > > Hello, > > I'm compiling SSL from source. My problem is that my system does not have > "/dev/random". So I installed a entrop

prngd

2002-11-27 Thread KING,RICHARD (HP-Boise,ex1)
OS: HPUX 11 SSL VER: OpenSSL 0.9.6g 9 Aug 2002 Hello, I'm compiling SSL from source. My problem is that my system does not have "/dev/random". So I installed a entropy gathering daemon called "prngd". I wanted to use SSL with prngd, so I used the following line to inst

Re: PRNGd, OpenSSL, self-signed certs: Not enough randomness.

2002-03-14 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 09:53:22AM -0800, Randy Bias wrote: > The situation: > > - Running openssl-0.9.6b, apache-1.3.22+ssl, prngd-0.9.23. > - Attempting to created self-signed cert for Apache-SSL > server. > - prngd is running: > > root

PRNGd, OpenSSL, self-signed certs: Not enough randomness.

2002-03-14 Thread Randy Bias
s just plain missing. So, either I'm doing something very dumb or the information is not readily available. . . The situation: - Running openssl-0.9.6b, apache-1.3.22+ssl, prngd-0.9.23. - Attempting to created self-signed cert for Apache-SSL server.

Re: problems compilling PRNGD for Solaris 8 Sparc

2002-02-01 Thread Yuri Huitrón Alvarado
Tnx ! anyway, I've installed it via local packs =D - Original Message - From: "Christopher Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:57 PM Subject: Re: problems compilling PRNGD for Solaris 8 Sparc > I a

RE: "/var/spool/prngd/pool"Im

2002-01-31 Thread Vic Abell
Yuri Huitrón Alvarado writes: > > I'm receiving this message when I try to run ssh-keygen or sshd : > > cant find /var/spool/prngd/pool > Entropy collection failed and Entropy exhausted > > I'm using : > > Ultra1 > Solaris 8 > gcc-3.0.3-sol8-spa

"/var/spool/prngd/pool"Im

2002-01-31 Thread Yuri Huitrón Alvarado
I'm receiving this message when I try to run ssh-keygen or sshd : cant find /var/spool/prngd/pool Entropy collection failed and Entropy exhausted I'm using : Ultra1 Solaris 8 gcc-3.0.3-sol8-sparc-local openssh-3.0.2p1-sol8-sparc-local openssl-0.9.6-sol8-s

Re: [FAQ?] PRNGD and OpenSSL on Solaris 8

2001-05-02 Thread phil
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 04:28:39PM +0200, Ed Voncken wrote: > ... > My inquiry with Sun has resulted in confusion; they were under the > impression that SUNWski was a standard part of Solaris 8, but they could > not find it themselves. Therefore I assume that SUNWski is not available > and support

Re: [FAQ?] PRNGD and OpenSSL on Solaris 8

2001-05-02 Thread Bradley W. McNamara
e encountered a "Not enough entropy in > RNG" error. We came to the conclusion that we needed a /dev/random > device or an entropy gathering device to supply a limitless source of > random data. > > Three alternatives appear to be available: > - SUNWski patch from Sun &

Re: [FAQ?] PRNGD and OpenSSL on Solaris 8

2001-05-02 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 04:28:39PM +0200, Ed Voncken wrote: > My question is: > > - How do I configure OpenSSL for PRNGD (either UNIX or TCP socket) > > I could not find a ./Configure option to specify an interface to PRNGD; > I assume that it is a compile-time issue. As of n

Re: Announcement: PRNGD 0.9.0 available

2001-01-18 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 07:39:22PM +0100, Lutz Jaenicke wrote: > I have just made the 0.9.0 release of PRNGD available. The location is http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html One should not write announcements when already being half out of the door. S

Announcement: PRNGD 0.9.0 available

2001-01-18 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
Hi! I have just made the 0.9.0 release of PRNGD available. PRNGD is the Pseudo Random Number Generator Daemon. It has an EGD compatible interface and is designed to provide entropy on systems not having /dev/*random devices. Software supporting EGD style entropy requests are openssh, Apache

Re: Announcement: PRNGD 0.1.0 released

2000-07-04 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 05:56:17PM +0200, Bodo Moeller wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 11:39:22AM +0200, Lutz Jaenicke wrote: > > > PRNGD - Pseudo Random Number Generator Daemon > > http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.h > > > - You