[ntp:hackers] RANDFILE requirement for non-crypto setup?

Heiko Gerstung heiko.gerstung at meinberg.de
Mon Oct 15 13:50:10 UTC 2007


Harlan Stenn schrieb:
> Heiko,
> 
>>> I believe that ntp-dev should not need the RANDFILE (if other
>>> OpenSSL-using applications do not need RANDFILE).  Does this match what
>>> you are seeing?
>> Yes, it works without complaining and I did not define RANDFILE or "crypto 
>> randfile".
> 
> OK, I wanted to be sure that ntp-dev was working as expected, as the fix
> for this problem was put into ntp-dev.
> 
>>> Under Unix, other entropy sources are /dev/random and/or /dev/urandom.
>>>
>>> I don't know what would be used under Windows.
>> I guess there is something similiar which is used by OpenSSL ...
> 
> Excellent.
> 
> I'm still hesitant to backport this patch to -stable as Dave Mills wants
> to review all changes to ntp-crypto.c and he prefers to work only with
> ntp-dev .  If he's amenable, however...
> 
> And I am still looking forward to releasing ntp-dev as 4.2.6 as soon as
> possible.
> 
> H


Harlan,

I can wait until 4.2.6 if that is not too far away. Do you have any idea about 
the release date for the next stable version?

Cheers,
  Heiko


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