curl-library
lack of /dev/random on Solaris 6 and 8
From: Jerry G. Chiuan <jerry_at_oridus.com>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 15:18:13 -0700
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 15:18:13 -0700
Hi All,
As we know, Solaris 6 and 8 don't carry /dev/random used by OpenSSL to
generate random numbers
my question is:
how does curl support SSL on Solaris 6 and 8? what are the alternatives used
by Curl?
are they really random enough? are they secure?
thanks a lot
- Jerry
Received on 2004-05-04