Re: [Networker] No entropy device error
2009-02-26 14:13:06
Hi,
>>>>Is there an easy way to resolve this ? Or should I just ignore it ?
The symptoms mentioned here seem to suggest the absence of one of
* /dev/urandom
* /dev/random
* /opt/openssl/prngd/prngd
Can you try and ensure existence of atleast one of the above and verify.
Here is a snippet from HP.
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=OPENSSL11I
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OpenSSL looks for the random number generator in the system in the following
order:
* /dev/urandom
* /dev/random
* /opt/openssl/prngd/prngd
If none of the three random number generators is available on the system,
OpenSSL returns an error while executing cryptographic functions. To prevent
this situation, OpenSSL A.00.09.07m and above for HP-UX 11i v1 include the
/opt/openssl/prngd/prngd random number generator. The HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX
11i v3 operating systems contain /dev/random by default; therefore, they do
not require /opt/openssl/prngd/prngd.
Random number generation using /dev/urandom or /dev/random is faster
compared to /opt/openssl/prngd/prngd. However, prngd is automatically used
by the appropriate OpenSSL function when /dev/urandom or /dev/random is not
installed on the system. HP-UX 11i v1 users can download /dev/random from
the following location:
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=KRNG11I
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