Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:39:19 -0800 (PST) From: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> To: "Björn" "König" <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Entropy is blocking Message-ID: <20050224233919.55226.qmail@web53102.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <421E60A2.9090506@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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Thanks: I did let my fingers running like cat and input a bunch of random letters, but I still get: PRNG is not seeded PRNG is not seeded PRNG is not seeded Entropy device is blocking --- Björn König <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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