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author | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2001-01-25 10:51:46 +1100 |
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committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2001-01-25 10:51:46 +1100 |
commit | 0736c4df83628dcac567d94a73726771706f978e (patch) | |
tree | 70c201775f291e2a06eb4f482ff042fb39e9f988 /INSTALL | |
parent | 2a5c1cede026faec14b0903a0cdcc4e7ef554e32 (diff) | |
download | openssh-git-0736c4df83628dcac567d94a73726771706f978e.tar.gz |
- (djm) Mention PRNGd in documentation, it is nicer than EGD
- (djm) Automatically search for "well-known" EGD/PRNGd sockets in autoconf
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@ passphrase requester. This is maintained separately at: http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html +PRNGD: + +If your system lacks Kernel based random collection, the use of Lutz +Jaenicke's PRNGd is recommended. + +http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html + +EGD: + The Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) is supported if you have a system which lacks /dev/random and don't want to use OpenSSH's internal entropy collection. -EGD: http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ GNU Make: @@ -110,10 +118,10 @@ headers, for this to work. random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone. ---with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering -Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. Use this if your -Unix lacks /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin -entropy collection support. +--with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD support +and to specify a EGD pool socket. Use this if your Unix lacks +/dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy +collection support. --with-lastlog=FILE will specify the location of the lastlog file. ./configure searches a few locations for lastlog, but may not find |