diff options
| author | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2000-04-30 01:43:41 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2000-04-30 01:43:41 +0200 |
| commit | c998f9eb7cfb3bfef8c78b0a47bdb6db29a871e8 (patch) | |
| tree | ce6455a077014bdc8f255ae12700b68faaf946ec /INSTALL | |
| parent | doh (diff) | |
| download | openssh-c998f9eb7cfb3bfef8c78b0a47bdb6db29a871e8.tar.xz openssh-c998f9eb7cfb3bfef8c78b0a47bdb6db29a871e8.zip | |
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. Zlib: http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ -OpenSSL: +OpenSSL 0.9.5a or greater: http://www.openssl.org/ RPMs of OpenSSL are available in the support/ directory of the OpenSSH @@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ passphrase requester. This is maintained separately at: http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html If you are planning to use OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a Kernel random -number generator (/dev/urandom), you will need to install the Entropy +number generator (/dev/urandom), you may want to install the Entropy Gathering Daemon (or similar). You will also need to specify the ---with-egd-pool option to ./configure. +--with-egd-pool option to ./configure. OpenSSH 2.0 includes some +peliminary built-in randomness collection, but it is not as well +tested as EGD. EGD: http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ @@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutly sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone. --with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering -Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You will need to +Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You may want to use this if your Unix does not support the /dev/urandom device (or similar). The file argument refers to the EGD pool file, not the EGD program itself. Please refer to the EGD documentation. |