Dave Dykstra
2001-Nov-09 17:37 UTC
[Bug 13] New: Need faster ssh startup when no /dev/random or prngd available
----- Forwarded message from bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org ----- From: bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org 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) 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. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter. ----- End forwarded message -----
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