From 0736c4df83628dcac567d94a73726771706f978e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damien Miller Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:51:46 +1100 Subject: - (djm) Mention PRNGd in documentation, it is nicer than EGD - (djm) Automatically search for "well-known" EGD/PRNGd sockets in autoconf --- INSTALL | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index c1a7eb16..797b7835 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.1