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diff --git a/debian/dropbear.README.Debian b/debian/dropbear.README.Debian index 8cdac38..7eec3e6 100644 --- a/debian/dropbear.README.Debian +++ b/debian/dropbear.README.Debian @@ -39,3 +39,14 @@ by following these steps: See the Dropbear homepage for more information: http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html + +Entropy from /dev/random +------------------------ + +The dropbear binary package is configured at compile time to read +entropy from /dev/random. If /dev/random on a system blocks when +reading data from it, client logins may be delayed until the client +times out. The dropbear server writes a notice to the logs when it +sees /dev/random blocking. A workaround for such systems is to +re-compile the package with DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV set to /dev/urandom +in options.h. |