PRNG is not seeded

[jared71]

hi folks,

I have a question of my own. I've tried updating my version of ssl and ssh on my sun boxes and receive the following error when I try to generate the new keys:

# ./ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key -N ""
PRNG is not seeded

Has anyone else seen this issue?

here's the freeware packages I'm trying to use on sparc solaris 8:

openssh-3.4p1-sol8-sparc-l
openssl-0.9.6e-sol8-sparc-local

-jared

 

[lancer73]

those packages, if D/L from sunfreeware like where i got mine, are configured to use /dev/urandom for the seed. what i did, (and this is a dirty fix, but oh well) was link /dev/urandom to my seed file

you can do that or D/L the source and compile it to use a different seed

 

[jared71]

Thanks lancer73, I'll try that monday.

-jared

 

[Guest_imported]

Get patch # 112438-01 from sun. This generates a /dev/urandom & /dev/random device at the kernel level.....

 

[hornetbloke]

Also it's good to create the prngd-seed file, fill it full of logfiles or whatever, create a dir called /var/spool/prngd and then run with the command: prngd /var/spool/prngd pool
You'll get a pause of a few seconds depending on the size of your seedfile and the speed of your machine and then voila, prngd is up and running.