On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 03:05:09AM +0100, Scott Bye wrote: > An update - just done an strace, and it seems to be stalling sometimes > when trying to read from /dev/random. I'm guessing that because > /dev/random is fed from user input, when there is no user input - > being a server - entropy runs low and the kernel blocks access. > > Sure enough, catting /dev/random reveals only the most pathetic amount > of data. I've removed /dev/random and symlinked /dev/urandom instead. > Is this likely to cause me any problems?
I think so. I had the exact same problem on a server which just handles ssl/tls connections. SASL was changed to read from /dev/random by default. --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
