openssh unix dev - Nov 2001 - [Bug 13] New: Need faster ssh startup when no /dev/random or prngd available

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To: dwd at bell-labs.com
Subject: [Bug 13] New: Need faster ssh startup when no /dev/random or prngd
available
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 04:25:32 +1100 (EST)

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13

           Summary: Need faster ssh startup when no /dev/random or prngd
                    available
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: -current
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ssh
        AssignedTo: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: dwd at bell-labs.com


On systems that don't have a fast source of entropy such as /dev/random or
prngd,  startup up of ssh takes a long time because it runs a lot of external
programs.  I have made a patch to add an option to intialize the pseudo-random
number generator from a saved seed file rather than running all the external
programs, which I will add as an attachment.



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