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author | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2000-04-30 09:43:41 +1000 |
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committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2000-04-30 09:43:41 +1000 |
commit | c998f9eb7cfb3bfef8c78b0a47bdb6db29a871e8 (patch) | |
tree | ce6455a077014bdc8f255ae12700b68faaf946ec /INSTALL | |
parent | d294640f4fecc128451fa876a9191ed11c613174 (diff) |
clarify requirement for egd
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ You will need working installations of Zlib and OpenSSL. | |||
6 | Zlib: | 6 | Zlib: |
7 | http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ | 7 | http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ |
8 | 8 | ||
9 | OpenSSL: | 9 | OpenSSL 0.9.5a or greater: |
10 | http://www.openssl.org/ | 10 | http://www.openssl.org/ |
11 | 11 | ||
12 | RPMs of OpenSSL are available in the support/ directory of the OpenSSH | 12 | RPMs of OpenSSL are available in the support/ directory of the OpenSSH |
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ passphrase requester. This is maintained separately at: | |||
30 | http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html | 30 | http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html |
31 | 31 | ||
32 | If you are planning to use OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a Kernel random | 32 | If you are planning to use OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a Kernel random |
33 | number generator (/dev/urandom), you will need to install the Entropy | 33 | number generator (/dev/urandom), you may want to install the Entropy |
34 | Gathering Daemon (or similar). You will also need to specify the | 34 | Gathering Daemon (or similar). You will also need to specify the |
35 | --with-egd-pool option to ./configure. | 35 | --with-egd-pool option to ./configure. OpenSSH 2.0 includes some |
36 | peliminary built-in randomness collection, but it is not as well | ||
37 | tested as EGD. | ||
36 | 38 | ||
37 | EGD: | 39 | EGD: |
38 | http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ | 40 | http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ |
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutly | |||
96 | sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone. | 98 | sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone. |
97 | 99 | ||
98 | --with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering | 100 | --with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering |
99 | Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You will need to | 101 | Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You may want to |
100 | use this if your Unix does not support the /dev/urandom device (or | 102 | use this if your Unix does not support the /dev/urandom device (or |
101 | similar). The file argument refers to the EGD pool file, not the | 103 | similar). The file argument refers to the EGD pool file, not the |
102 | EGD program itself. Please refer to the EGD documentation. | 104 | EGD program itself. Please refer to the EGD documentation. |