From: Lutz Jänicke Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:52:03 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Sun's official statement with respect to /dev/random support. X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_6e~26^2~14 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0c4d9b2fbc792b6780d935b21b5583716615c724;p=openssl Sun's official statement with respect to /dev/random support. Submitted by: Garrett Anderson garrett@dirsec.com Reviewed by: PR: 120 --- diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 0c88e58022..fae0b855bf 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ For Solaris 2.6, Tim Nibbe and others have suggested installing the SUNski package from Sun patch 105710-01 (Sparc) which adds a /dev/random device and make sure it gets used, usually through $RANDFILE. There are probably similar patches for the other Solaris -versions. However, be warned that /dev/random is usually a blocking -device, which may have some effects on OpenSSL. +versions. An official statement from Sun with respect to /dev/random +support can be found at + http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsrdb/27606&zone_32=SUNWski +However, be warned that /dev/random is usually a blocking device, which +may have some effects on OpenSSL. * Why do I get an "unable to write 'random state'" error message?