Re: Re: Delay at first use of OpenSSL functions

From:	Marek Kilimajer	Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:37:25 +0000
Subject:	Re: Re: Delay at first use of OpenSSL functions
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Vladas Shukevichus wrote:

18.01.2005 18:06:31 Marek Kilimajer <lists@kilimajer.net> wrote in message <41ED3407.7040706@kilimajer.net>
M. Sokolewicz wrote:
didn't you read what wez said? they're gathering entropy... you
*can't*
(and shouldn't want to) prevent that.
Or get some good entropy source
Can you explain this a bit? How can I do this?

First, read about /dev/random and /dev/urandom files: http://www.zevils.com/cgi-bin/man/man2html?random+4 And then google for hardware entropy generator