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| author | Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> | 2005-01-09 20:14:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> | 2005-01-09 20:14:04 +0000 |
| commit | 0b52f89b810fabb0ebe27d5255e8dae80f3ce9f7 (patch) | |
| tree | 723ffadbac81f16b17c97864672d31f83a104778 | |
| parent | 7de4b5b060d14f404d181571de946c4e9b04d6bb (diff) | |
| download | openssl-new-0b52f89b810fabb0ebe27d5255e8dae80f3ce9f7.tar.gz | |
DJGPP documentation note update.
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.DJGPP | 20 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.DJGPP b/INSTALL.DJGPP index cdeac222b2..f48182b3a4 100644 --- a/INSTALL.DJGPP +++ b/INSTALL.DJGPP @@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ INSTALLATION ON THE DOS PLATFORM WITH DJGPP ------------------------------------------- - Openssl has been ported to DOS, but only with long filename support. If - you wish to compile on native DOS with 8+3 filenames, you will have to - tweak the installation yourself, including renaming files with illegal + OpenSSL has been ported to DJGPP, a 32-bit run-time environment for + 16-bit DOS, but only with long filename support. If you wish to + compile on native DOS with 8+3 filenames, you will have to tweak the + installation yourself, including renaming files with illegal or duplicate names. You should have a full DJGPP environment installed, including the @@ -32,3 +33,16 @@ Building openssl under DJGPP has been tested with DJGPP 2.03, GCC 2.952, GCC 2.953, perl 5.005_02 and perl 5.006_01. + + RUN-TIME CAVEAT LECTOR + -------------- + + Quoting FAQ: + + "Cryptographic software needs a source of unpredictable data to work + correctly. Many open source operating systems provide a "randomness + device" (/dev/urandom or /dev/random) that serves this purpose." + + As of version 0.9.7f OpenSSL checks upon /dev/urandom$ for a 3rd party DOS + driver. One such driver implemented by Robert Rothenberg "Walking-Owl" + can be obtained from "http://www.funet.fi/pub/crypt/random/noise063.zip." |