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diff --git a/WARNING.RNG b/WARNING.RNG index ae43930a7..5d4ea8753 100644 --- a/WARNING.RNG +++ b/WARNING.RNG @@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ the specified program. The random number code will also read and save a seed file to ~/.ssh/prng_seed. This contents of this file are added to the random -number generator at startup. The goal here is to maintain as much +number generator at startup. The goal here is to maintain as much randomness between sessions as possible. The default entropy collection code has two main problems: 1. It is slow. -Executing each program in the list can take a large amount of time, -especially on slower machines. Additionally some program can take a -disproportionate time to execute. +Executing each program in the list can take a large amount of time, +especially on slower machines. Additionally some program can take a +disproportionate time to execute. Tuning the default entropy collection code is difficult at this point. It requires doing 'times ./ssh-rand-helper' and modifying the @@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ If you are forced to use ssh-rand-helper consider still downloading prngd/egd and configure OpenSSH using --with-prngd-port=xx or --with-prngd-socket=xx (refer to INSTALL for more information). -$Id: WARNING.RNG,v 1.5 2002/04/14 13:16:05 djm Exp $ +$Id: WARNING.RNG,v 1.6 2003/11/21 12:48:55 djm Exp $ |