Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 52683 invoked by uid 500); 20 Dec 2001 19:00:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 52672 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2001 19:00:31 -0000 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:00:13 -0800 From: Aaron Bannert To: dev@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] get mod_ssl to work again Message-ID: <20011220110013.Z1529@clove.org> Mail-Followup-To: Aaron Bannert , dev@httpd.apache.org References: <20011220174322.GD1439@ebuilt.com> <20011220185502.GE1439@ebuilt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011220185502.GE1439@ebuilt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 10:55:02AM -0800, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > As Daniel pointed out, /dev/{u}random isn't available on certain > platforms (Solaris). And, in flood, this seeding is only used > when /dev/{u}random are not available. APR does not support an > internal PRNG. I've suggested it before and perhaps it is time > that we integrate truerand.c (anyone have a better version than > what is in mod_ssl?) so that we can always call > apr_generate_random_bytes()? > > I think that truerand isn't installed in enough places that it > merits our redistribution in APR. -- justin What is truerand.c? Can you provide a URL or perhaps a Message-ID in case it came up before and I missed it? -aaron