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diff --git a/Hurd/RandomDevice.mdwn b/Hurd/RandomDevice.mdwn index 7753311c..25434f46 100644 --- a/Hurd/RandomDevice.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/RandomDevice.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -There are several solutions to the lack of /dev/random and /dev/urandom but they are not yet in the default installation. +## <a name="Setup_pseudo_random_devices"> Setup pseudo random devices </a> + +Stuck getting SSH to work? You need a pseudo random generator (PRG). + +There are several solutions to the lack of /dev/random and /dev/urandom, but they are not yet in the default installation. * Marcus' work can be downloaded at: [random.tar.gz](ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/random.tar.gz) (identical to <http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/random-64.tar.gz> ?) * [A patch](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-hurd/2002-August/010248.html) that was probably already incorporated from August 14, 2002. @@ -18,9 +22,9 @@ Here are some tips on how to actually setup the two random devices using Kilobug After untaring the package you copy the random binary to the /hurd directory. Then you setup the translators for random and urandom. # settrans -c /dev/random /hurd/random \ - --seed-file /var/run/random-seed --secure + --seed-file /var/run/random-seed --secure # settrans -c /dev/urandom /hurd/random \ - --seed-file /var/run/urandom-seed --fast + --seed-file /var/run/urandom-seed --fast # chmod 0644 /dev/random /dev/urandom -- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 21 Jan 2003 |