On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 01:11:51PM +0100, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 11:37:16AM -0000, John Boocock wrote:
> > So what is the definative way to fix this at the moment then ?
> >
> > Sorry to be a complete spanner, but when it comes to editing the source code
> > in anyway you'll have to tell me exactly what to do. Or is the fix in one of
> > the SNAP downloads yet, or do we have to wait for the next proper version?
> >
> > Cheers for the help (and sorry for being a bit dim!)
>
> The fix is not in the source yet, as I didn't have the time to work
> it out and test. I don't know whether I can manage today, but I plan
> to at least complete it this week. (For the 0.9.7 version, for 0.9.6a
> I have not decided what to do, yet. Of course 0.9.6a will be a bugfix
> release so we will change only what is really necessary, not to break
> something else. However this is a bug and needs to be fixed.)
Following up to myself:
I have introduced a rewritten version of the rand_egd.c file which
I have tested on HP-UX, Linux and Unixware-7. As of now it is only
included in the 0.9.7-dev release. We need to discuss whether it
will also be included in the 0.9.6a release to be expected soon.
The interface is drop-in compatible, so that you can take the file
either from the next snapshot of 0.9.7 created this evening or
by directly downloading it via CVSweb
http://www.openssl.org/source/cvs/exp/crypto/rand/rand_egd.c?rev=1.13
and then just putting it into your 0.9.6 source tree.
Having this said, I would be most pleased to see comments on the new
code (baring in mind, that we are still using a blocking connection
and don't consider the possibility of EGD blocking).
Best regards,
Lutz
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