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author | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 1998-02-26 16:56:27 +0000 |
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committer | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 1998-02-26 16:56:27 +0000 |
commit | b36eb963b33df94222b42ecb64476196744a17e7 (patch) | |
tree | 611a68b4e98be5ef05981eaeaf8fecdf0b2c214f /INSTALL | |
parent | a824a105ddbda46360246d74fed925145cd15b3f (diff) | |
download | libgcrypt-b36eb963b33df94222b42ecb64476196744a17e7.tar.gz |
release 0.2.9
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@@ -33,13 +33,36 @@ in any CPU directory, because there maybe no C substitute. Don't forget to delete "config.cache" and run "./config.status --recheck". +The Random Device +================= +The current version of GNUPG needs the support of a random device. +If there is no such device, it uses a very simple RNG, which does +not generate strong random numbers. +Random devices are available in Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD. +The device files may not exist on your system, please check this +and create them if needed. + +The Linux files should look like this: + cr--r--r-- 1 root sys 1, 8 May 28 1997 /dev/random + cr--r--r-- 1 root sys 1, 9 Feb 16 08:23 /dev/urandom +You can create them with: + mknod /dev/random c 1 8 + mknod /dev/random c 1 8 + +The FreeBSD files [from the 970202 snapshot]: + crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2, 3 Feb 25 16:54 /dev/random + crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2, 4 Feb 25 16:54 /dev/urandom +You can create them with: + mknod /dev/random c 2 3 + mknod /dev/urandom c 2 4 + Installation ============ -pgp is not installed as suid:root; if you want to do it, do it manually. +gpg is not installed as suid:root; if you want to do it, do it manually. -The ~/.gpg directory will be created if it does not exist. Your first +The ~/.gnupg directory will be created if it does not exist. Your first action should be to create a key pair: "gpg --gen-key". |