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diff debian/dropbear.README.Debian @ 330:5488db2e9e4e
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author | Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au> |
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date | Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:39:40 +0000 |
parents | 1857c2c551ea |
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--- a/debian/dropbear.README.Debian Sat Jun 10 16:39:37 2006 +0000 +++ b/debian/dropbear.README.Debian Sat Jun 10 16:39:40 2006 +0000 @@ -39,3 +39,14 @@ See the Dropbear homepage for more information: http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html + +Entropy from /dev/random +------------------------ + +The dropbear binary package is configured at compile time to read +entropy from /dev/random. If /dev/random on a system blocks when +reading data from it, client logins may be delayed until the client +times out. The dropbear server writes a notice to the logs when it +sees /dev/random blocking. A workaround for such systems is to +re-compile the package with DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV set to /dev/urandom +in options.h.