X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/openssh.git/blobdiff_plain/aff51935734441207923b8e59fbc3644fc4e7d2c..0d00c5cb3abb25bd881ac0c371e1bd16ad3ee3d5:/WARNING.RNG diff --git a/WARNING.RNG b/WARNING.RNG index 71e23900..d876c887 100644 --- a/WARNING.RNG +++ b/WARNING.RNG @@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ Executing each program in the list can take a large amount of time, especially on slower machines. Additionally some program can take a disproportionate time to execute. -Tuning the default entropy collection code is difficult at this point. -It requires doing 'times ./ssh-rand-helper' and modifying the -($etcdir)/ssh_prng_cmds until you have found the issue. In the next -release we will be looking at support '-v' for verbose output to allow -easier debugging. +Tuning the random helper can be done by running ./ssh-random-helper in +very verbose mode ("-vvv") and identifying the commands that are taking +excessive amounts of time or hanging altogher. Any problem commands can +be modified or removed from ssh_prng_cmds. The default entropy collector will timeout programs which take too long to execute, the actual timeout used can be adjusted with the