Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:17:54 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Entropy is blocking Message-ID: <421E60A2.9090506@cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20050224225430.11899.qmail@web53107.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050224225430.11899.qmail@web53107.mail.yahoo.com>
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gahn wrote: > what exactly is this entropy thing? it seems to be > killing some processes such as sshd > > freebsd# /etc/rc.d/sshd start > /etc/rc.d/sshdÑ WARNING: Setting entropy source to > blocking mod. > ================================================== > ...... > Just hit <enter> for fast+insecure startup > > ================================================== > > i am using 5.3. how can i use it? can i disable it? Entropy in this context has something to do with probability theory. It just want some junk from you keyboard. In other words, if you have a cat, let it walk through your keyboard and then hit <enter>. This is necessary for maximum security while creating a host key. This will only occur once. If you don't want to bother the cat then just hit <enter>. That's it. Regards Björn
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