On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 04:44:55PM -0600, Jason Holland wrote:
> guys,
> i know that there is no support for /dev/random or /dev/urandom in hp-ux.
> could this be the cause of a slowdown in key generation? is there any way
> around this, just so i can elminate it??? i'm still fishing for answers to
> my slow connection problems. thanks for the help!
I remember having answered on this question yesterday: use the EGD interface.
I have written PRNGD (available from my homepage, see my .signature) and
have compiled in the path to the communication socket into OpenSSH.
Whenever entropy is needed, PRNGD will supply it immediately.
Best regards,
Lutz
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BTU Cottbus http://www.aet.TU-Cottbus.DE/personen/jaenicke/
Lehrstuhl Allgemeine Elektrotechnik Tel. +49 355 69-4129
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