On Thu, 31 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> To anyone who can help,
>
> I have installed the latest version of openssh which
> includes installing openssl and zlib. I am using the
> default built in random feature since Solaris does not
> have /dev/random out of the box. Why does it take 4-5
> mins to establish a connection to a remote machine
> (or any machine) with another version of openssh on it.
> Is it because of using the default random number
> generator or is it config problems or what? At first I
> thought it was not working and then I found out it was
> just taking a long time. I am using the -v option and can
> see what it is doing, but why does it take so long to do
> it?
It takes time for /dev/random to be filled with random
bytes because it gets these random bytes from system
calls, IRQ, spin of harddisks (I don't know how), and
other physical sources of randomness.
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Under communism, it's just the opposite.
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