5.4: Can't start ssh due to entropy source blocking?

[Vivek Khera]

On Sep 1, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Stephane Raimbault wrote:

> Type a full screenful of random junk to unblock
> it and remember to finish with <enter>. This will
> timeout in 300 seconds, but waiting for
> the timeout without typing junk may make the
> entropy source deliver predictable output.
>
> Just hit <enter> for fast+insecure startup.
>

so what did you do, just hit enter or did you follow the instructions  
and type a screenful of junk?


Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
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