Apache hang and kernel entropy

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Apache hang and kernel entropy

by aganguly01 :: Rate this Message:

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Hi All,
Anybody faced Apache hang due to the kernel entropy issue? What was the workaround adopted for that?
Thanks in advance
Regards
Arnab

Re: Apache hang and kernel entropy

by William A. Rowe, Jr. :: Rate this Message:

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Arnab Ganguly wrote:
> Hi All,
> Anybody faced Apache hang due to the kernel entropy issue? What was the
> workaround adopted for that?

2.2.9 recently switched several cases of consuming real entropy with the
psuedorandom equivilant, and it defaults to /dev/urandom if available in
lieu of /dev/random. You might want to upgrade.

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