Re: [openssl-dev] [openssl.org #1298] OpenSSL bug in libcrypto.so:RAND_poll() crashes apache2 @ startup

2016-05-12 Thread Hubert Kario via RT
On Monday 09 May 2016 15:05:32 Salz, Rich via RT wrote: > It's probably not an issue because the number of file descriptors has > increased on the native O/S's. But "file descriptor exhaustion" is > still an issue for RNG's (google it) and we should keep it in mind > for the future. What's the

[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #1298] OpenSSL bug in libcrypto.so:RAND_poll() crashes apache2 @ startup

2016-05-09 Thread Matt Caswell via RT
On Mon May 09 15:05:32 2016, rs...@akamai.com wrote: > It's probably not an issue because the number of file descriptors has > increased on the native O/S's. But "file descriptor exhaustion" is > still an issue for RNG's (google it) and we should keep it in mind for > the future. What's the best

Re: [openssl-dev] [openssl.org #1298] OpenSSL bug in libcrypto.so:RAND_poll() crashes apache2 @ startup

2016-05-09 Thread Salz, Rich via RT
It's probably not an issue because the number of file descriptors has increased on the native O/S's. But "file descriptor exhaustion" is still an issue for RNG's (google it) and we should keep it in mind for the future. What's the best way to do that? -- Ticket here:

[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #1298] OpenSSL bug in libcrypto.so:RAND_poll() crashes apache2 @ startup

2016-05-09 Thread Matt Caswell via RT
Due to the elapsed time I am assuming this is no longer a problem for apache. Please create a new ticket if this is still a problem! Matt -- Ticket here: http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1298 Please log in as guest with password guest if prompted -- openssl-dev mailing list To

[openssl.org #1298] OpenSSL bug in libcrypto.so:RAND_poll() crashes apache2 @ startup

2006-03-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] via RT
Hello, I have found a bug in libcrypto.so which causes Apache2 to crash or deadlock when a few hundred virtual hosts are configured in a SSL-enabled Apache2 instance. The problem is Apache2 opens a number of files per virtual host before initializing libcrypto.so's random seed, given enough