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author | Bodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org> | 2000-03-16 16:17:00 +0000 |
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committer | Bodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org> | 2000-03-16 16:17:00 +0000 |
commit | 299e7c91459b2ed74d786e3ed12a9a48bbd929f1 (patch) | |
tree | 0becbb350f7d5fc50e355b11ec563134c38ccc76 | |
parent | fb51beb591bedbbc1cda5d18360bbdef4c520a67 (diff) | |
download | openssl-299e7c91459b2ed74d786e3ed12a9a48bbd929f1.tar.gz |
Point out the PRNG usage bug affecting openssl rsa.
(Should we point to snapshots, or directly give the one-line patch?)
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@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ Most components of the openssl command line tool try to use the file $HOME/.rnd (or $RANDFILE, if this environment variable is set) for seeding the PRNG. If this file does not exist or is too short, the "PRNG not seeded" error message may occur. +Note that the command "openssl rsa" in OpenSSL 0.9.5 does not do this +and will fail on systems without /dev/urandom when trying to +password-encrypt an RSA key! This is a bug in the library; +try a later snaphost instead. * Why does the linker complain about undefined symbols? |