- Allow PRNGd entropy collection from localhost TCP socket. Replace
"--with-egd-pool" configure option with "--with-prngd-socket" and
"--with-prngd-port" options. Debugged and improved by Lutz Jaenicke
<Lutz.Jaenicke@aet.TU-Cottbus.DE>
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 47b071e..6778a28 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -119,8 +119,13 @@
random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutely
sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone.
---with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD support
-and to specify a EGD pool socket. Use this if your Unix lacks
+--with-prngd-socket=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD
+support and to specify a PRNGd socket. Use this if your Unix lacks
+/dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy
+collection support.
+
+--with-prngd-port=portnum allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD support
+and to specify a EGD localhost TCP port. Use this if your Unix lacks
/dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy
collection support.
@@ -217,4 +222,4 @@
http://www.openssh.com/
-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.41 2001/02/18 01:58:24 djm Exp $
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.42 2001/03/03 13:29:21 djm Exp $