Problems with GNUpg 1.2.2 on AIX 5.2.0 (ML 1)

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

Jeffery Martinez <Jeffery.Martinez at shell.com> writes on Wed, 30 Jul
2003 18:51:41 -0500

>> ...
>> I have not been able to get the GNUpg 1.2.2 to work with AIX 5.2 using the
>> /dev/random device to pull random information.  The program is not able to
>> gather enough data and just sits there waiting forever for more random data
>> to appear:
>> ...

Try using /dev/urandom instead.  /dev/random is cryptographically
strong, and will not return data until sufficient entropy has been
collected.  /dev/urandom is somewhat weaker, and can produce a steady
stream of data without delay.

Most systems that have these devices have this property, although at
least one that I've seen has a nonstop /dev/random.

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