Top > Notes > Fedora Core 2: Unable to open /dev/cryptonet

If you use stunnel for some reason or another, and upgrade to Fedora Core 2, it is possible to encounter this error :-

    	Unable to open "/dev/cryptonet"
    

When trying to start an stunnel. Somehow, the cause of this is the installation of support for hardware cryptiographic accelerators. Removing the relevant RPM causes the problem to go away :-

    	rpm -e hwcrypto