On 7/5/2012 8:56 PM, John wrote:
"Thomas J. Hruska" <shineli...@shininglightpro.com> wrote in message
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On 7/5/2012 8:07 PM, John wrote:
> Hello. I have OpenSSL-Win64 version 1.0.1c installed on 64-bit Win7. I
> am trying to use it to create a random generated file for use in
> stunnel, using this command "openssl rand -out filexyz.rnd -hex 2048"
> from the Windows CLI. Although it appears to succeed, but I also see
> this message when it finishes: unable to write 'random state'. I
looked
> at the online help, but nothing I read indicated how to prevent this as
> far as I can tell. Is this normal for Windows and not something to
worry
> about, or what am I missing? Thanks.
Run the command prompt as Administrator. OpenSSL tries to write the
state to 'C:\.rnd' since Windows doesn't have /dev/(u)random on the
system.
Hi, Thomas.
Yes, that was the ticket, sure enough. Thanks again. I wonder where
else I should have looked to find that instruction, or do you a little
genie lamp somewhere? :) Is that included in a different manual
somewhere I have yet to find?
John
Not documented anywhere that I know of. Just something I picked up when
I installed Windows Vista and OpenSSL the first time. I remember
running FileMon to figure out what OpenSSL was trying to do.
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Thomas Hruska
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