[Python-Dev] what platforms require RAND_add() before using SSL? (original) (raw)
Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Sun Sep 9 17:44:17 CEST 2007
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> There are some functions in ssl.c for gathering randomness from a > daemon, and adding that randomness to the pseudo-random number > generator in SSL, before using SSL. There's a note there saying that > "on some platform" this is necessary. Anyone know which platforms?
In general, anything that does not have /dev/[u]random; older Solaris releases and HP-UX in particular.
Thanks, I"ll add that to the documentation. Any ideas what the values of the "entropy" parameter to RAND_add() are like, or how they are derived? I did a rapid skim of RFC 1750, but didn't see it there.
Bill
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