Entropy is blocking

[gahn]

Thanks:

I did let my fingers running like cat and input a
bunch of random letters, but I still get:

PRNG is not seeded
PRNG is not seeded
PRNG is not seeded
Entropy device is blocking

--- Björn König <bkoenig at cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote:

> gahn wrote:
> 
> > what exactly is this entropy thing? it seems to be
> > killing some processes such as sshd
> > 
> > freebsd# /etc/rc.d/sshd start
> > /etc/rc.d/sshdÑ WARNING: Setting entropy source to
> > blocking mod.
> > ==================================================
> > ......
> > Just hit <enter> for fast+insecure startup
> > 
> > ==================================================
> > 
> > i am using 5.3. how can i use it? can i disable
> it?
> 
> Entropy in this context has something to do with
> probability theory. It 
> just want some junk from you keyboard. In other
> words, if you have a 
> cat, let it walk through your keyboard and then hit
> <enter>. This is 
> necessary for maximum security while creating a host
> key. This will only 
> occur once. If you don't want to bother the cat then
> just hit <enter>. 
> That's it.
> 
> Regards Björn
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