CVS: tmda UPGRADE,1.96,1.97

"Jason R. Mastaler" <[email protected]> Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:21:49 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.tmda.cvs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Update of /cvsroot/tmda/tmda
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv25335

Modified Files:
	UPGRADE 
Log Message:
A random number device such as /dev/urandom is now
required by tmda-keygen.  The fallback method of 
gathering entropy from system commands was too 
platform dependent -- i.e, on Windows this was completely
broken as of course those commands were unavailable.

This is unlikely to affect many users anyway as random
number devices are now extremely prevolent.  Alternatives
are provided in UPGRADE as well as in tmda-keygen's output.



Index: UPGRADE
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tmda/tmda/UPGRADE,v
retrieving revision 1.96
retrieving revision 1.97
diff -u -r1.96 -r1.97
--- UPGRADE	4 Mar 2004 00:33:08 -0000	1.96
+++ UPGRADE	5 Mar 2004 23:21:47 -0000	1.97
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 
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+If you are upgrading from a release of TMDA < 1.1.4:
+
+* tmda-keygen now requires that a random number device such as
+  /dev/urandom be installed on the system to generate keys.  Modern
+  systems should not be affected.  If you lack a random number device,
+  you can either upgrade your OS, install a replacement like PRNGD, or
+  use http://www.tmda.net/cgi-bin/tmda-keygen
+
+======================================================================
+
 If you are upgrading from a release of TMDA < 1.1.3:
 
 * The template system has been reorganized.  In particular, the