# openssl rand 16 -out ./junk.bin unable to write 'random state' I have made some changes to code in the openssl-fips-ecp-2.0.2 distribution (yes, I know I cannot use the OpenSSL FIPS 140-2, Level 1 accreditation). It's likely that I have screwed something up, huh?
>># echo $OPENSSL_FIPS >> 1 >># openssl genrsa -out /home/user/key -des3 2048 >> error:FIPS routines:FIPS_drbg_generate:not > instantiated:openssl-fips-ecp-2.0/fips/rand/fips_drbg_lib.c:459 >> error:rsa routines:RSA_BUILTIN_KEYGEN:BN > lib:openssl-fips-ecp-2.0/crypto/rsa/rsa_gen.c:338 >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> > > I have no idea, but just for comparison, what does the same environment > do with this command: > > openssl rand 16 -out ./junk.bin > > (I am asking because the error message seems to say that it cannot > initialize the random number generator for some unknown reason). > > > Enjoy > > Jakob ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
