[Python-Dev] Re: Problem with SSL and socketmodule on Debian Potato?

[Martin v. Loewis]

> And indeed it does when I tried it on SF's Solaris 8 box, which has
> OpenSSL installed and /dev/random.

This has caused Moshe's curiosity, and mine, as Solaris 8,
out-of-the-box, does not offer a /dev/random. I found two options:
There is a third-party patch:

http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~andi/

which apparently works for all Solaris versions out there.

There is also a Sun patch, 105710-01, which supposedly uses a
user-space demon (just as EGD), see

http://devrandom.net/lists/archives/2000/11/OpenSSL-Users/0244.html

As explained, this is part of the SUNWski package.

Are you using one of these methods, or is there another option for
getting a 'true' /dev/random?

Regards,
Martin