Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-bugs-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 72218 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2004 11:02:54 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Jan 2004 11:02:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 36362 invoked by uid 500); 3 Jan 2004 11:02:27 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-bugs-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 36336 invoked by uid 500); 3 Jan 2004 11:02:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact bugs-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Reply-To: "Apache HTTPD Bugs Notification List" Delivered-To: mailing list bugs@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 36320 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2004 11:02:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO exchange.sun.com) (192.18.33.10) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Jan 2004 11:02:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 833 invoked by uid 50); 3 Jan 2004 11:02:42 -0000 Date: 3 Jan 2004 11:02:42 -0000 Message-ID: <20040103110242.832.qmail@nagoya.betaversion.org> From: bugzilla@apache.org To: bugs@httpd.apache.org Cc: Subject: DO NOT REPLY [Bug 25867] - [patch] SSL random number seeding errors on startup X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT PLEASE POST YOUR BUG RELATED COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEB INTERFACE AVAILABLE AT . ANY REPLY MADE TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT BE COLLECTED AND INSERTED IN THE BUG DATABASE. http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25867 [patch] SSL random number seeding errors on startup ------- Additional Comments From mads@apache.org 2004-01-03 11:02 ------- There is already some mention of this in the FAQ: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/ssl/ssl_faq.html#entropy Maybe it is too early for me to read patches, but your patch appears to move the SSLRandomSeed outside which would generally be a bad thing since the loading of mod_ssl in a dso default config has: LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so So you'd run into startup errors whenever starting without -DSSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: bugs-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: bugs-help@httpd.apache.org