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diff --git a/WARNING.RNG b/WARNING.RNG index 5d4ea875..687891a7 100644 --- a/WARNING.RNG +++ b/WARNING.RNG @@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ Executing each program in the list can take a large amount of time, especially on slower machines. Additionally some program can take a disproportionate time to execute. -Tuning the default entropy collection code is difficult at this point. -It requires doing 'times ./ssh-rand-helper' and modifying the -($etcdir)/ssh_prng_cmds until you have found the issue. In the next -release we will be looking at support '-v' for verbose output to allow -easier debugging. +Tuning the random helper can be done by running ./ssh-random-helper in +very verbose mode ("-vvv") and identifying the commands that are taking +accessive amounts of time or hanging altogher. Any problem commands can +be modified or removed from ssh_prng_cmds. The default entropy collector will timeout programs which take too long to execute, the actual timeout used can be adjusted with the @@ -93,4 +92,4 @@ If you are forced to use ssh-rand-helper consider still downloading prngd/egd and configure OpenSSH using --with-prngd-port=xx or --with-prngd-socket=xx (refer to INSTALL for more information). -$Id: WARNING.RNG,v 1.6 2003/11/21 12:48:55 djm Exp $ +$Id: WARNING.RNG,v 1.7 2004/12/06 11:40:11 dtucker Exp $ |