Solaris random device

Werner Koch wk@gnupg.org
Thu, 11 May 2000 10:41:04 +0200


On Wed, 10 May 2000, Lars Hecking wrote:


> alternative to egd and found Andreas Maier's random device for Solaris
> (http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~andi/). It seems to work quite nicely with
> openssl/openssh. I can generate keys, make connections, no problem.
IIRC, gpg checks that it is a character device - maybe the Solaris /dev/random is implemented as another type of device. (Patches are welcome) Werner -- Werner Koch OpenPGP key 621CC013 OpenIT GmbH tel +49 211 239577-0 Birkenstr. 12 email wk@OpenIT.de D-40233 Duesseldorf http://www.OpenIT.de