Re: Problems with Openssh and PRNGD/EGD

From: Ralf Hildebrandt (Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de)
Date: 03/12/02 

From: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>
Date: 12 Mar 2002 09:07:41 GMT

In article <a6c91986.0203111937.75aa7ada@posting.google.com>, Tony M. wrote:

> I'm attempting to set up PRNGD on a HPUX11 box. In the PRNGD README

HP-UX 11.x still has no /dev/random? Man, they suck.

> /var/opt/prngd/egd-pool does not exist. Where am I supposed to get it
> from? Is it the same thing as prngd-seed? Did I have to have EGD
> installed first? I tried installing EGD first but still no egd-pool
> and it doesn't mention it anywhere in the documentation.

I's simply try and start the EGD.

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