From 0b52f89b810fabb0ebe27d5255e8dae80f3ce9f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Polyakov Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:14:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] DJGPP documentation note update. --- INSTALL.DJGPP | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.DJGPP b/INSTALL.DJGPP index cdeac222b2..f48182b3a4 100644 --- a/INSTALL.DJGPP +++ b/INSTALL.DJGPP @@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ INSTALLATION ON THE DOS PLATFORM WITH DJGPP ------------------------------------------- - Openssl has been ported to DOS, but only with long filename support. If - you wish to compile on native DOS with 8+3 filenames, you will have to - tweak the installation yourself, including renaming files with illegal + OpenSSL has been ported to DJGPP, a 32-bit run-time environment for + 16-bit DOS, but only with long filename support. If you wish to + compile on native DOS with 8+3 filenames, you will have to tweak the + installation yourself, including renaming files with illegal or duplicate names. You should have a full DJGPP environment installed, including the @@ -32,3 +33,16 @@ Building openssl under DJGPP has been tested with DJGPP 2.03, GCC 2.952, GCC 2.953, perl 5.005_02 and perl 5.006_01. + + RUN-TIME CAVEAT LECTOR + -------------- + + Quoting FAQ: + + "Cryptographic software needs a source of unpredictable data to work + correctly. Many open source operating systems provide a "randomness + device" (/dev/urandom or /dev/random) that serves this purpose." + + As of version 0.9.7f OpenSSL checks upon /dev/urandom$ for a 3rd party DOS + driver. One such driver implemented by Robert Rothenberg "Walking-Owl" + can be obtained from "http://www.funet.fi/pub/crypt/random/noise063.zip." -- 2.34.1