Subject: rnd(4) mandated to use ssh/sshd
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 02/14/2001 13:56:16
if you are on netbsd-current (and in the near future on 1.5),
rnd(4) device is now mandatory to use in-tree ssh/sshd. there has been
a fallback case implemented in the code, however, the quality of random
number may have not been too good.
if you wish to run ssh/sshd, enable rnd(4) device in your kernel
configuration file. in summary, do the following steps if you don't
have it yet:
- add the following line into your kernel configuration file
- rebuild the kernel
- reboot with the new kernel.
for 1.5 GENERIC kernel for most of the ports, it is already there,
so there's high probability you have it already.
--->8
pseudo-device rnd
--->8
(for luna68k we cannot do this right now - i'm contacting the port
maintainer)
itojun