> Is there an easy way (ed. in AIX) to see what random device this compiled > version > of openssl chose to use?
Found the answer to my question and that the tool to use depends on what platform your on. Thought it might have been a generic tool or option in openssl hence my subject not being specific to an OS. In AIX a command to trace this would be truss. For a very short output: truss -topen openssl rand 2 For a bit more info: truss -topen,kread,close openssl rand 2 For the whole thing: truss openssl rand 2 Note: The truss output is on stderr not stdout. In my case I'm looking for the dev devices in the output. I get: open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3 kread(3, "8D97 ½1A998D à â\f ¯ Ú82".., 32) = 32 close(3) = 0 I thought it may not be using a random device due to some performance issues but now see it is. Taking a look at a few other possible reasons. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]