Re: /dev/random

2004-03-20 Thread Vu Pham
- Original Message - From: "Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 2:36 AM Subject: Re: /dev/random > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 20 Mar 2004 02:28:

Re: /dev/random

2004-03-20 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 20 Mar 2004 02:28:01 -0600, "Vu Pham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: vu> I run the following function on Solaris x86 and Linux (RH9) vu> RAND_load_file("/dev/random", 2048) vu> vu> On the Solaris x86 ( AMD 2700+) , it takes less than 1 second. vu> On the RH9 ( A

Re: /dev/random and chroot()

2003-03-28 Thread Brian Hatch
> I'm writing an SSL daemon that for security reasons does a chroot(2) to its own > little root. When chrooted, it obviously cannot open /dev/random or /dev/urandom > when I do SSL operations. Is there a way I can open these for OpenSSL before > chrooting, or do I have to recreate them under my r

Re: /dev/random and chroot()

2003-03-28 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 10:55:34AM +0100, Axel Andersson wrote: > I'm writing an SSL daemon that for security reasons does a chroot(2) to its own > little root. When chrooted, it obviously cannot open /dev/random or /dev/urandom > when I do SSL operations. Is there a way I can open these for OpenSS

Re: /dev/random and chroot()

2003-03-28 Thread Andrew Sherman
You need to create the special files in your chroot jail. Andy Sherman IT Security Morgan Stanley Axel Andersson wrote: > Hey, > I'm writing an SSL daemon that for security reasons does a chroot(2) to its own > little root. When chrooted, it obviously cannot open /dev/random or /dev/urandom > wh

Re: /dev/random on Solaris 8 (Sparc)

2001-10-31 Thread Paul Allen
Christopher Crowley wrote: > > I am interested in providing a /dev/urandom for a Solaris 8 machine. EGD > doesn't provide sufficient randomness for sendmail 8.11.6, according to the > system logs. However, the SUNWski package doesn't install properly on > Solaris 8 (Sparc). What other method do

RE: /dev/random on Solaris 8 (Sparc)

2001-10-31 Thread Billy Shaw
AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev/random on Solaris 8 (Sparc) On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Christopher Crowley wrote: :Subject: /dev/random on Solaris 8 (Sparc) : :I am interested in providing a /dev/urandom for a Solaris 8 machine. EGD :doesn't provide sufficient randomness for sendmail 8.

Re: /dev/random on Solaris 8 (Sparc)

2001-10-31 Thread Arin Komins
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Christopher Crowley wrote: :Subject: /dev/random on Solaris 8 (Sparc) : :I am interested in providing a /dev/urandom for a Solaris 8 machine. EGD :doesn't provide sufficient randomness for sendmail 8.11.6, according to the :system logs. However, the SUNWski package doesn't i

RE: /dev/random for Solaris x86 ?

2001-02-06 Thread Andy Malato
I usually just use a file with random data, it works fine for configuring apache-ssl. ---Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wyman Eric Miles Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 7:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev

Re: /dev/random for Solaris x86 ?

2001-02-06 Thread Wyman Eric Miles
We just compiled ANDIrand under Solaris 8/INTEL and it works fine. On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Ricardo Stella wrote: > > What solution is out there for the Intel port of Solaris 7 or 8 ? > > Thanks... > > -- > -- > Ricardo Stella