Subject: port-vax/12918: /dev/random still doesn't work on NetBSD/VAX
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <mjdowden@panix.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/12/2001 12:04:26
>Number: 12918
>Category: port-vax
>Synopsis: /dev/random still doesn't work on NetBSD/VAX
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: port-vax-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat May 12 12:04:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: M J Dowden
>Release: NetBSD/VAX 1.5 and 1.51Beta
>Organization:
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>Environment:
notung% uname -a
NetBSD notung 1.5.1_BETA NetBSD 1.5.1_BETA (GENERIC) #2: Mon Apr 9 16:33:16 PDT
2001 matt@cougar.local:/u1/kobj/GENERIC vax
>Description:
/dev/random is not configured; this makes most security software non-functional
notung% gpg --gen-random 2 1024
gpg: fatal: can't open /dev/random: Device not configured
secmem usage: 1408/1408 bytes in 2/2 blocks of pool 1408/16384
>How-To-Repeat:
try to extract random numbers from /dev/random
>Fix:
I believe that it is a kernel configuration issue
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: