From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 10 19:22:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5781416A41B for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:22:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pigskin_referee@yahoo.com) Received: from web34404.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web34404.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.178.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0403213C4CA for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:22:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pigskin_referee@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 73580 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Nov 2007 19:22:10 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=1DIS+9eL1vgl+UVfej6t1tO+i4qt5L6cz2tZzBvxBYM/izPLZ/nSpaNIGMvlgWjvXjd92SRg9fFWjaFNI5tVhRCWB5rpNU3AqTM25L4omeVXvAyWHMzwLLnSWFA8RIO1TEfX26k+74QLQnyepFveCrDMZZIbZ0b2n7/tt6Y9nmc=; X-YMail-OSG: 9BZfyzIVM1lOl4l_LmYz2kwKcfavbODbP2CjzyBNBvbP6j4KNhlTVcS31EI1ygBQT5UVv8JmLf4.cxKMdWwjem6pjw-- Received: from [67.189.206.211] by web34404.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:22:10 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/818.27 YahooMailWebService/0.7.152 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:22:10 -0800 (PST) From: White Hat To: FreeBSD Users Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <846921.73269.qm@web34404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: ' Openssl.cnf ' and ' .rand ' file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:22:20 -0000 openssl 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004 I have not been able to find an answer to this question on Google, so I figured I had better ask it here. In the '/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf' file, there is an entry for: RANDFILE = $dir/private/.rand # private random number file Well, that file does not exist. I cannot find it anywhere on my system and I have not been able to figure out how to create it. Also, where could I locate some information on the 'openssl.cnf' file. There does not appear to be a 'man' page for it. I would like some more information on what all of the settings mean and possibly how to set them for my particular needs. Thanks! -- White Hat pigskin_referee@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com