On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:46:41PM +0000, David Brooks said: > Marc Haber wrote: > >>Missing entropy? > >> > >>Just to test it: (re)move /dev/random and symlink > >>/dev/urandom as /dev/random. > > > > A better test on Linux would be to check the entropy pool itself, cat > > /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail. > > > > Also I'd like to know which OS/Distribution the OP is using. > > Thanks for the advice. Entropy does sound like a plausible reason, > although I have plenty of other crypto apps and I didn't notice any of > them hanging in this way. The server in question is a 'user mode linux' > virtual server, and there has been mention of lack of entropy as a > possible problem with this setup. > > I'll keep an eye on entropy_avail if them problem happens again. I > assume a low number means badness?
Any number greater than 0 is usable, and it has a maximum of 4096, IIRC. Generally, bigger numbers are better. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Cache: A very expensive part of the | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | memory system of a computer that no one | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | is supposed to know is there. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
