Subject: Re: /dev/random
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Joe Laffey <joe@laffeycomputer.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/17/1999 16:59:07
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Dave Huang wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Joe Laffey wrote:
> > I am trying to get openSSL apache running and they are pointing the
> > program to /dev/random or /dev/urandom. Linux has these, but NetBSD does
> > not (it seems). Where can I get random data for something like this?
>
> NetBSD does have them... make sure you have "pseudo-device rnd" in your
> kernel configuration, then as root, "cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV random"
Does "Generic 1.4 have this built in? Or do I need to recompile the
kernel?
Thanks,
Joe Laffey
LAFFEY Computer Imaging
St. Louis, MO
http://www.laffeycomputer.com/
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