"No source of entropy message" on Bind 9.2.1

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

W. Tsoi <william.tsoi at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I have been trying to migrate an AIX RS6000 system running AIX 4.3.2
> from Bind 4 to Bind 9.2.1. Everything seems to be going fine until I
> started up BIND.

> I received the following message in debug and BIND just stops.

> Jul 03 16:42:09.727 starting BIND 9.2.1rc1 -d 1
> Jul 03 16:42:09.729 using 2 CPUs
> Jul 03 16:42:09.796 loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
> Jul 03 16:42:10.168 listening on IPv4 interface en0, 49.27.4.71#53
> Jul 03 16:42:10.183 listening on IPv4 interface lo0, 127.0.0.1#53
> Jul 03 16:42:11.212 command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
> Jul 03 16:42:11.219 command channel listening on ::1#953
> Jul 03 16:42:11.220 no source of entropy found

> I am wondering if anybody has seen this message before and what are
> the actions required to fix it.

> The BIND server is running as a secondary to a SUN box running CNR
> 5.5.1.

> Any help will be much appreciated.

There is no problem here, bind tells you that "no source of entropy found", i.e
you have no random device on your system. ( useful in DNSSEC)

You should upgrade to 9.2.1 however, not the rc1

> William Tsoi


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