Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:34:22 -0800 (PST) From: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Entropy is blocking Message-ID: <20050224233422.77733.qmail@web53101.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050224231246.GD60363@dan.emsphone.com>
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thanks dan: Can I do it manually? Actually I typed a bunch of random letters and it didnīt seem to be working ... mike --- Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
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