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Re: [Xen-users] PRNG is not seeded

from [Jeroen Torrekens] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PRNG is not seeded
From: Jeroen Torrekens <jeroen.torrekens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:11:20 +0100 (CET)
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>Hi
>
>when i restart sshd I get PRNG is not seeded
>
># /etc/init.d/sshd restart
>PRNG is not seeded
> #
>
>No idea as what is going on
>
>Thanks and Regards
>
>Kaushal

Hi,

The problem is that /dev/urandom and /dev/random don't generate enough random 
stuff to make the encryption of the SSH server work. I've seen this before, but 
I cannot remember what we did to get rid of it. Hope my answer was a push in 
the right direction.

Cheers,
Jeroen

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