HP-UX Secure Shell A.04.30.006 and A.04.30.007 Release Notes

HP-UX Secure Shell A.04.30.006 and A.04.30.007
HP-UX Secure Shell and the Strong Random Number Generator
Chapter17
HP-UX Secure Shell and the Strong Random
Number Generator
HP-UX Secure Shell requires that a random number generator be
located on the system. It searches for /dev/urandom and /dev/random
(in that sequence) on the system and uses the first device it finds. If it
fails to locate these two devices, HP-UX Secure Shell uses its own
internal random number generator program. The /dev/urandom and
/dev/random devices are available by default on HP-UX 11i v2 systems.
These devices can also be obtained for HP-UX 11i v1 by downloading and
installing the HP-UX Strong Random Number Generator from
http://software.hp.com
. If you are using HP-UX Secure Shell on HP-UX
11i v1, HP recommends that you install the Strong Random Number
Generator product as it significantly speeds up program initialization
and execution time for some commands.