Commit 0c4d9b2f authored by Lutz Jänicke's avatar Lutz Jänicke
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Sun's official statement with respect to /dev/random support.

Submitted by: Garrett Anderson garrett@dirsec.com
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PR: 120
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@@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ For Solaris 2.6, Tim Nibbe <tnibbe@sprint.net> and others have suggested
installing the SUNski package from Sun patch 105710-01 (Sparc) which
adds a /dev/random device and make sure it gets used, usually through
$RANDFILE.  There are probably similar patches for the other Solaris
versions.  However, be warned that /dev/random is usually a blocking
device, which may have some effects on OpenSSL.
versions.  An official statement from Sun with respect to /dev/random
support can be found at
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsrdb/27606&zone_32=SUNWski
However, be warned that /dev/random is usually a blocking device, which
may have some effects on OpenSSL.


* Why do I get an "unable to write 'random state'" error message?