Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-perl-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 68143 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2004 23:33:30 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 22 Dec 2004 23:33:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 83096 invoked by uid 500); 22 Dec 2004 23:33:29 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-perl-dev-archive@perl.apache.org Received: (qmail 83077 invoked by uid 500); 22 Dec 2004 23:33:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@perl.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@perl.apache.org Received: (qmail 83058 invoked by uid 99); 22 Dec 2004 23:33:28 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=10.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: 207.114.11.197 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of perrin@elem.com) Received: from ns2.plusthree.com (HELO localhost.localdomain) (207.114.11.197) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:33:25 -0800 Received: from 192.168.1.100 (varick-236-218.180VarickStreet.com [216.223.218.236]) (authenticated bits=0) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBN0POhf006476 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:25:25 -0500 Subject: Re: how to raise entropy From: Perrin Harkins To: Stas Bekman Cc: Jie Gao , mod_perl Dev In-Reply-To: <41CA0319.3090401@stason.org> References: <41C9FF22.7030708@stason.org> <41CA0319.3090401@stason.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:33:18 -0500 Message-Id: <1103758398.5936.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 18:28 -0500, Stas Bekman wrote: > > Use /dev/urandom, which will not block. > > It's not us who uses it, but Apache, so it's not under our control. I think that if you just cat some stuff to /dev/urandom it will raise entropy. - Perrin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@perl.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@perl.apache.org