Just tried it on my laptop which runs in dual mode Winnt 4.0 (stoneage
servicepack 3) and Win 98SE .... Win 98: no problem .... Win NT : unable to
load random state. Coldboot and then Winnt: unable to load random state.
U.K.
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From: Jeffrey Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: There will be a third beta...
> Just figured out why I stopped being able to produce the problem after
> switching to Win2000.
>
> in the openssl-snap-20000919\out32dll directory after a successful
> execution on Win2000 or Win98 there will be produced a .rnd file
> if the .rnd file exist the error is not reported, if the file
> is deleted the error is reported.
>
> Loading 'screen' into random state - done
> unable to load 'random state'
>
> Now this indicates that the problem is only being noticed in the
> 'x509' command because only that command in the test calls
> app_RAND_load_file(). In that situation the value of entropy in
> ssleay_rand_status() is 4 after RAND_poll() has been called twice.
>
> Now, this is one of those situations where RAND_poll() is called twice
> because it is first called as part of RAND_screen() but the call via
> RAND_screen() can not set the 'initialized' flag used within
> crypto/rand/md_rand.c because that flag is static.
>
>
>
> Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer
> The Kermit Project * Columbia University
> 612 West 115th St * New York, NY * 10025 * USA
> http://www.kermit-project.org/ * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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