>> do you have rnd(4) device with you on 1.5 box? >Yes, I do. the problem was fixed (at least for me) by the following change. http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/basesrc/crypto/dist/openssl/crypto/rand/randfile.c.diff?r1=1.2&r2=1.3 itojun