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List:       gentoo-sparc
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-sparc] tripwire generating keys
From:       Paul Heinlein <heinlein () madboa ! com>
Date:       2004-07-10 14:50:42
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.60.0407100742100.4163 () pecos ! madboa ! com
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Basile Mathieu wrote:

> i have gentoo on ultra 5
> kernel 2-4.26 ( sparc-sources )
> i install tripwire ( 2.3.1.2-r1 )
>
> when i do twinstall he start to generate the keys but it never 
> finish ( i m waiting 3 hours :)

Are you using a serial console? If so, then your system doesn't have 
access to enough entropy. You'll see the same symptoms in similar 
operations like gathering entropy for Apache's mod_digest or GnuPG 
keys.

Some network and disk-layer drivers are starting to build entropy 
collections, but as far as I know we're still out of luck in SPARC 
land.

The only short-term solution of which I'm aware is to attach a 
keyboard and mouse to your machine and run X on it. Then you'll get 
all the randomness you need.

-- Paul Heinlein <heinlein@madboa.com>

ps: I'd love it if someone corrected me on all this! Obviously, I'm
     seeing the same symptoms.

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