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Topic: Warning : pseudo-random number generator used for IPsec processing  (Read 3662 times)
« on: June 05, 2007, 07:24:58 »
deville *
Posts: 4

I setup a 1.231 monowall with IPsec VPN between 2 sites, but a warning : pseudo-random number generator used for IPsec processing always pop up on the monowall terminal.

Anyone know what is wrong on my monowall setup ??
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2007, 02:51:45 »
cmb *****
Posts: 851

Nothing wrong.

It's just warning you that no software can generate truly random numbers, which means your encryption is theoretically potentially easier to crack. Unless you have a HUGE target on you (read: somebody with millions of dollars of cracking equipment is after you), ignore it.

If you're super paranoid, buy a hardware crypto card, which will generate truly random numbers. Personally, I would just ignore it. 99.99999999% of us aren't remotely interesting enough to justify the cost and effort of cracking IPsec, pseudo-random numbers or not.  Cheesy
 
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