On Fri, Jul 16, 1999, Jens Leuschner wrote:
> > Has the ssl_enginge_log told you that all servers have been configured
> > already? Are you perhaps using /dev/random and temp key generation is
> > somehow slowly?
>
> YES! THAT WAS IT!!!
> I really thank you for pointing me to this! But why did this work with
> mod_ssl 2.2.8? Is it possible, that mod_ssl did a non_blocking read to
> /dev/random, where mod_ssl 2.3.5/6 does a blocking read?
> The kernel was the same (linux 2.2.10). So it cannot be a change in
> /dev/random.
No, ssl_engine_rand.c was not changed recently. But nevertheless you mention a
good idea to overcome the /dev/random variants which block: we could read in
non-blocking mode. Hmmmm... that would be perhaps a reasonable thing. Any
opinions?
Ralf S. Engelschall
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