clarify requirement for egd
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 616b9a0..76b85d6 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
Zlib:
http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
-OpenSSL:
+OpenSSL 0.9.5a or greater:
http://www.openssl.org/
RPMs of OpenSSL are available in the support/ directory of the OpenSSH
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html
If you are planning to use OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a Kernel random
-number generator (/dev/urandom), you will need to install the Entropy
+number generator (/dev/urandom), you may want to install the Entropy
Gathering Daemon (or similar). You will also need to specify the
---with-egd-pool option to ./configure.
+--with-egd-pool option to ./configure. OpenSSH 2.0 includes some
+peliminary built-in randomness collection, but it is not as well
+tested as EGD.
EGD:
http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@
sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone.
--with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering
-Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You will need to
+Daemon support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You may want to
use this if your Unix does not support the /dev/urandom device (or
similar). The file argument refers to the EGD pool file, not the
EGD program itself. Please refer to the EGD documentation.