solaris 8 random number seed

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Hi,

I'm having the popular 'Solaris 8 has no /dev/random' problem.

I'm using openssl-0.9.6b and I don't have the option to upgrade nor can
I add the Solaris patch to create /dev/random. (30 odd live servers
which I'm not allowed to reboot or mangle if it can be avoided)

I've installed egd and pgrnd packages downloaded from sunfreeware.com.

If I use the openssl command line utility then, provided I've created a
..rnd seed file in my home directory, I can create keys, etc. without
seeing errors about the random number generator being un-seeded.

The same is not true for Apache with mod_ssl.

I don't know how to let mod_ssl / Apache know where the random number
seed file is.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Greg Hamilton

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Hi,


I'm having the popular 'Solaris 8 has no /dev/random' problem.


I'm using Lucida Grandeopenssl-0.9.6b and I
don't have the option to upgrade nor can I add the Solaris patch to
create /dev/random. (30 odd live servers which I'm not allowed to
reboot or mangle if it can be avoided)



I've installed egd and pgrnd packages downloaded from sunfreeware.com.


If I use the openssl command line utility then, provided I've created
a .rnd seed file in my home directory, I can create keys, etc. without
seeing errors about the random number generator being un-seeded.


The same is not true for Apache with mod_ssl.


I don't know how to let mod_ssl / Apache know where the random number
seed file is.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Greg Hamilton
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Re: solaris 8 random number seed

Solaris 8 now does have /dev/random it's a patch # 112438-01
Quoting Greg Hamilton :

> Hi,
>
> I'm having the popular 'Solaris 8 has no /dev/random' problem.
>
> I'm using openssl-0.9.6b and I don't have the option to upgrade nor can
> I add the Solaris patch to create /dev/random. (30 odd live servers
> which I'm not allowed to reboot or mangle if it can be avoided)
>
> I've installed egd and pgrnd packages downloaded from sunfreeware.com.
>
> If I use the openssl command line utility then, provided I've created a
> .rnd seed file in my home directory, I can create keys, etc. without
> seeing errors about the random number generator being un-seeded.
>
> The same is not true for Apache with mod_ssl.
>
> I don't know how to let mod_ssl / Apache know where the random number
> seed file is.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Greg Hamilton
>


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