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Re: openssh 3.2.3p1: msg#00035

Subject: Re: openssh 3.2.3p1
> 
> "ssh-rand-helper"?
> I thought you only need it if your OS doesn't have the /dev/random
> support.
> Here is a note from the "INSTALL"
> NB. If you operating system supports /dev/random, you should configure
> OpenSSL to use it. OpenSSH relies on OpenSSL's direct support of
> /dev/random. If you don't you will have to rely on ssh-rand-helper, which
> is inferior to a good kernel-based solution.
> 
> so, my ssh port doesn't have "ssh-rand-helper".
> 

Excellent!  You found a bug in my openssl package.  Now fixed.  I will
be re-packaging openssh again so it doesn't need the rand helper either.

        chris


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