"javatopia" wrote : That's it! changing: | | The problem seemed to be that the security provider used /dev/random as an | entropy generator, and it somehow wasn't working. |
Its not that it wasn't working, but one of the two device files is a real BLOCKING entropy gatherer and it does not report data if there is insufficient entropy to report. It has a limited buffer (in the kernel) to maintian the last X bits of entropy. Once you ehaust it by reading it all into your application it will block (unless you open the OS file desc non-blocking, then it will report kernel error EAGAIN but no data). The other device is kernel random number generator that is fed from the kernel entropy gatherer, this will consistancy emit random data never blocking. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3875196#3875196 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3875196 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
