On Fri, Nov 12, 1999, Oscar Abrahamsson wrote:

> I have a problem with my apache/mod_ssl-webserver:
> - sometimes when accessing a page I get a reponse time of  a few minutes. The 
> moment before and after everything is normal.
> When examining the logs, I've found that when I get the long delay, this occurs 
> before writing anything to ssl_engine_log. My question is, what the web-server does 
> before logging to ssl_engine_log?
> >From the point that it actually writes something here, everything seems normal.
> 
> My system is as follows:
> SunOS 5.5.1 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
> apache 1.3.9 / mod_ssl 2.4.5-1.3.9 / mm-1.0.12/openssl-0.9.4/php-3.0.12
> I use a self-signed certificate.
> 
> The web-server has a very low load, but the machine where it resides has a few 
> other web-servers, so it it a bit more busy.
> 
> As far as I remember I did not change anything more than necessary when 
> configuring the modules.

I guess you're using an "SSLRandomSeed connect /dev/random 512" and your
/dev/random device is a blocking one. Read the FAQ for more details, please.

                                       Ralf S. Engelschall
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