Um 22:41 Uhr am 30.01.06 schrieb Florian Weimer: > Sven Hartge: >> So, conclusion: No the problem is not the gnutls-params file, but exim4 >> using nearly each and every bit of entropy for a _single_ mail. > This is expected and is quite hard to fix properly. > > During your tests, did Exim hang?
No, it used /dev/urandom this time (which quite surprised me, since I used the same packages that were installed when Exim hang using /dev/random). It seems I have a little mixup here, so I will restest the situation with verified packages. > The problems begin when you're on a high-volume mail server and the > delivery process drain entropy so fast that the key generation fails to > gather the needed number of bits in a reasonable time period. How long does your server take to refill the pool from zero to 4096? Grüße, Sven. -- Sven Hartge -- professioneller Unix-Geek Meine Gedanken im Netz: http://www.svenhartge.de/ Achtung, neue Mail-Adresse: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
