cat ....various log files from your /var/log or /var/adm directories... > /usr/local/etc/prngd/prngd-seed such as cat syslog messages > /usr/local/etc/prngd/prngd-seed Then run mkdir /var/spool/prngd /usr/local/sbin/prngd /var/spool/prngd/pool This should start up the prngd daemon and start generating entropy. You can check this by running /usr/local/bin/egc.pl /var/spool/prngd/pool get which, if the egd package (see README.egd) is installed along with perl, will give a message like 32800 bits of entropy in pool indicating that the prngd is working. --- http://www.sunfreeware.com/openssh26-7.html