[openssl-users] PRNG is not seeded

[FooCrypt]

Hi Scott

I don’t know your OS or environment, have you tried the ‘openssl rand’ functionality as a random source to seed your entropy issues ?

openssl rand 102400 > some named pipe file that you can call as your random source.

perhaps rather than pseudo random, try a hardware device ?



> On 30 May 2018, at 8:58 AM, Scott Neugroschl <scott_n at xypro.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>  
> I’m using PRNGD to seed my random numbers (I’m on a system without /dev/random and /dev/urandom).   I occasionally get the dreaded “PRNG is not seeded” error.
>  
> I know this is caused by a lack of available entropy in the system; but what can I do to address this?  Is it just a matter of waiting until enough entropy has been collected?  Is there any kind of workaround?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> ScottN
>  
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