Question about message "your system is lacking dev/random (or equivalent)"

Khuu, Linh MicroTech Linh.Khuu at ssa.gov
Tue Apr 13 19:28:51 UTC 2010


I just turned on the dnssec-validation today, and I saw lots of messages:

13-Apr-2010 15:17:17.122 dnssec: debug 3:   validating @202be918: 3e77469i48du24agcu5ftfumd6iocmrk.org NSEC3: verify rdataset (keyid=47948): You must use the keyboard to create entropy, since your system is lacking
 /dev/random (or equivalent)

13-Apr-2010 15:26:35.016 dnssec: debug 3: validating @202bd638: usps.gov DNSKEY: verify rdataset (keyid=10539): You must use the keyboard to create entropy, since your system is lacking
 /dev/random (or equivalent)

13-Apr-2010 15:26:37.385 dnssec: debug 3:   validating @202c0e28: usps.gov SOA: verify rdataset (keyid=43133): You must use the keyboard to create entropy, since your system is lacking
 /dev/random (or equivalent)

Is this a problem with dnssec on my DNS server?

Linh Khuu
Network Security Specialist
MicroTech ESS Contract
Office: 410-966-0798
Pager: 410-232-2350
Email: Linh.Khuu at ssa.gov
 

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