From b36eb963b33df94222b42ecb64476196744a17e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 16:56:27 +0000 Subject: release 0.2.9 --- INSTALL | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 83e316b1..84153014 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -33,13 +33,36 @@ in any CPU directory, because there maybe no C substitute. Don't forget to delete "config.cache" and run "./config.status --recheck". +The Random Device +================= +The current version of GNUPG needs the support of a random device. +If there is no such device, it uses a very simple RNG, which does +not generate strong random numbers. +Random devices are available in Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD. +The device files may not exist on your system, please check this +and create them if needed. + +The Linux files should look like this: + cr--r--r-- 1 root sys 1, 8 May 28 1997 /dev/random + cr--r--r-- 1 root sys 1, 9 Feb 16 08:23 /dev/urandom +You can create them with: + mknod /dev/random c 1 8 + mknod /dev/random c 1 8 + +The FreeBSD files [from the 970202 snapshot]: + crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2, 3 Feb 25 16:54 /dev/random + crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2, 4 Feb 25 16:54 /dev/urandom +You can create them with: + mknod /dev/random c 2 3 + mknod /dev/urandom c 2 4 + Installation ============ -pgp is not installed as suid:root; if you want to do it, do it manually. +gpg is not installed as suid:root; if you want to do it, do it manually. -The ~/.gpg directory will be created if it does not exist. Your first +The ~/.gnupg directory will be created if it does not exist. Your first action should be to create a key pair: "gpg --gen-key". -- cgit v1.2.1