Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:12:47 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Entropy is blocking Message-ID: <20050224231246.GD60363@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20050224225430.11899.qmail@web53107.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050224225430.11899.qmail@web53107.mail.yahoo.com>
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In the last episode (Feb 24), gahn said: > 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/sshd? WARNING: Setting entropy source to > blocking mod. > ================================================== > ...... > Just hit <enter> for fast+insecure startup > > ================================================== That happens the first time you reboot after installing the system. There is no stored entropy, and the system needs some randomness so it can generate secure ssh host keys. Once that's done, you shouldn't see this message ever again. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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