On 27 Nov 2006, at 18:20, Robert T. Covell wrote:
Other articles I have read reference how to set it up. My setup seems
to be similar to what I have seen. From the below article it is
possible that I need to fill up the entropy pool. Are their other
ways
to do this aside from running find /.? Or examples of how to
"tune" it
(if possible).
Assuming this is the problem, the "fix" is to use /dev/urandom rather
than /dev/random. The difference is that /dev/urandom always returns
bytes, whether or not there is sufficient entropy. Another fix would
be to run on a machine with a hardware entropy generator.
If this turns out to be the issue does anyone know what would have
changed from 2.4 to 2.6 (which I know is a lot), but in regards to
entropy?
Linux 2.4 didn't have a secure /dev/random, at least not be default.
2.6 does by default.
:wes
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