Subject: rnd(4) mandated to use ssh/sshd
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/14/2001 13:56:16
	if you are on netbsd-current (and in the near future on 1.5), 
	rnd(4) device is now mandatory to use in-tree ssh/sshd.  there has been
	a fallback case implemented in the code, however, the quality of random
	number may have not been too good.

	if you wish to run ssh/sshd, enable rnd(4) device in your kernel
	configuration file.  in summary, do the following steps if you don't
	have it yet:
	- add the following line into your kernel configuration file
	- rebuild the kernel
	- reboot with the new kernel.
	for 1.5 GENERIC kernel for most of the ports, it is already there,
	so there's high probability you have it already.

--->8
pseudo-device	rnd
--->8

	(for luna68k we cannot do this right now - i'm contacting the port
	maintainer)

itojun