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Old 07-25-2002
How to create a prng_seed file?
Hi all,

I've just installed egd ssh zlib and ssl on a server:
$ uname -a
SunOS su214tos 5.8 Generic_108528-11 sun4d sparc SUNW,SPARCserver-1000

When i want to execute the /usr/local/sbin/sshd, i get the following:
PRNG is not seeded...

How do i seed the PRNG?

Thanx

Jason
penguin-friend
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Old 07-25-2002
I use the SSHd from www.ssh.com and SSH handles the "randomness stuff" invisibly so I'm not sure about OpenSSH (which I assume you use?)

So here's , maybe not an exact answer to your question but maybe you'll get a hint. Smilie

I quote from my "SSH: The Secure Shell" book:

Quote:
"When compiling OpenSSH on platform without /dev/random, you have a choice. If you have installed an add-on randomness source
such as the OpenSSH-recommended "Entropy Gathering Daemon" (EGD, http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ ) you can tell OpenSSH to use it with the switch
--with-egd-pool. If you don't specify a pool, OpenSSH uses an internal entropy gathering mechanism. You can tailor which programs are run to gather entropy and "how random" they're considered to be, by editing the file /etc/ssh_prng_cmds. Also note that OpenSSH random seed is kept in the ~/.ssh/prng_seed file, even the daemon's, which is just the root user's seed file.
The --with-egd-pool switch might be what you're searching for ?

Good luck!
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