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-rw-r--r-- | WARNING.RNG | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/WARNING.RNG b/WARNING.RNG index 5d4ea8753..687891a73 100644 --- a/WARNING.RNG +++ b/WARNING.RNG | |||
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ Executing each program in the list can take a large amount of time, | |||
55 | especially on slower machines. Additionally some program can take a | 55 | especially on slower machines. Additionally some program can take a |
56 | disproportionate time to execute. | 56 | disproportionate time to execute. |
57 | 57 | ||
58 | Tuning the default entropy collection code is difficult at this point. | 58 | Tuning the random helper can be done by running ./ssh-random-helper in |
59 | It requires doing 'times ./ssh-rand-helper' and modifying the | 59 | very verbose mode ("-vvv") and identifying the commands that are taking |
60 | ($etcdir)/ssh_prng_cmds until you have found the issue. In the next | 60 | accessive amounts of time or hanging altogher. Any problem commands can |
61 | release we will be looking at support '-v' for verbose output to allow | 61 | be modified or removed from ssh_prng_cmds. |
62 | easier debugging. | ||
63 | 62 | ||
64 | The default entropy collector will timeout programs which take too long | 63 | The default entropy collector will timeout programs which take too long |
65 | to execute, the actual timeout used can be adjusted with the | 64 | to execute, the actual timeout used can be adjusted with the |
@@ -93,4 +92,4 @@ If you are forced to use ssh-rand-helper consider still downloading | |||
93 | prngd/egd and configure OpenSSH using --with-prngd-port=xx or | 92 | prngd/egd and configure OpenSSH using --with-prngd-port=xx or |
94 | --with-prngd-socket=xx (refer to INSTALL for more information). | 93 | --with-prngd-socket=xx (refer to INSTALL for more information). |
95 | 94 | ||
96 | $Id: WARNING.RNG,v 1.6 2003/11/21 12:48:55 djm Exp $ | 95 | $Id: WARNING.RNG,v 1.7 2004/12/06 11:40:11 dtucker Exp $ |