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Subject: SSH don't do correct diagnostic when no random device available
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>Number:         27289
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       SSH don't do correct diagnostic when no random device available
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    green
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat May 12 13:30:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Sat Jul 12 21:22:11 PDT 2003
>Last-Modified:  Sun Jul 13 04:50:20 PDT 2003
>Originator:     Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
TSB "Russian Express"
>Environment:

5.0-20010306-CURRENT

>Description:

  ssh complains about incorrect rsa libraries:

# ssh host
ssh: no RSA support in libssl and libcrypto.  See ssl(8).
Disabling protocol version 1
DH_generate_key
#

  ssh-keygen -d don't work

# ssh-keygen -d
Generating DSA parameter and key.
DSA_generate_keys failed
#

  sshd don't work too:

# sshd
no RSA support in libssl and libcrypto.  See ssl(8)
Disabling protocol version 1
#

  when no random device in kernel config

>How-To-Repeat:

  Build kernel without 'device random'in kernel config
  and try examples above 

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->green 
Responsible-Changed-By: dougb 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri May 25 00:29:46 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  

Green is Mr. ssh 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27289 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: green 
State-Changed-When: Sat Jul 12 21:21:27 PDT 2003 
State-Changed-Why:  
"no random device" is not a valid system configuration in general, and in 
specific this case. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27289 

From: "Vladimir B. Grebenschikov" <vova@sw.ru>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/27289: SSH don't do correct diagnostic when no random
	device available
Date: 13 Jul 2003 15:50:24 +0400

 Why you are close this PR ?
 
 It is about of quality of diagnostic messages of our software.
 
 Or you think it is easy to understand reason of such messages:
 
 "ssh: no RSA support in libssl and libcrypto.  See ssl(8)."
 
 man ssl(8) gives no hints about mandatory /dev/random
 
 -- 
 Vladimir B. Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru>
 SWsoft Inc.
 
>Unformatted:
