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Re: 2.06


From: Igor Schein <igor () txc com>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:34:46 -0500

On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 03:27:49AM -0500, Fyodor wrote:
On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, //Stany wrote:

Oh, and BTW:  Switch to new /dev/urandom or /dev/random as the default
source of entropy causes a warning upon start-up, as Solaris lacks that
(seems to be true for both SunOS 5.6 and 5.7).  It might be worth-while to
implement OS detection at compile time, and #ifdef Solaris, then
transparently switch back to the old source of entropy as the default.

The loud warning messages at startup is intentional.  They serve serveral
purposes:

Well, how about a -silent option for those who don't want to see them on
regular basis?  

Igor


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