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author | djm <djm> | 2001-01-24 23:51:46 +0000 |
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committer | djm <djm> | 2001-01-24 23:51:46 +0000 |
commit | 36d9ca0ac02bab0e2607631df25ee140541240ad (patch) | |
tree | 219e84e3b275fdd5237f2ecaef39cf3119f02ca4 /INSTALL | |
parent | 9d845f47c0558bc8c175ff61e7687d1eac240c37 (diff) | |
download | openssh-36d9ca0ac02bab0e2607631df25ee140541240ad.tar.gz |
- (djm) Mention PRNGd in documentation, it is nicer than EGD
- (djm) Automatically search for "well-known" EGD/PRNGd sockets in autoconf
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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 |