On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 11:35:06AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Full_Name:
> Version: 2.4.10
> OS: AIX/unix
> Submission from: (NULL) (195.212.29.99)
>
>
> When i try to start up apache httpd webserver it comes back with the message
> :httpd could not be started
>
> and when i look into my errorlog i see the following entry
>
> [Tue Jun 13 10:56:43 2000] [error] mod_ssl: Init: Failed to generate temporary
> 512 bit RSA private key
>
> I did a make certificate and that worked fine.
> But when i do a openssl -noout -text -in server.key then i see that the keys
> that are made
> are 1024 keys could this have something to do with it? and else how
> can i solve the problem?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
AFAIK Aix does not have a /dev/random (/dev/urandom) - which means that you must
provide another random source.
Actually this is in the FAQ:
http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.6/ssl_faq.html#entropy
(and http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#6).
vh
Mads Toftum
--
`Darn it, who spiked my coffee with water?!' - lwall
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