What platform are you compiling with?
Solaris?
Linux?
The /dev/urandom replacement from http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~andi/
dropped right in for me on a Solaris 2.6 x86 platform.
If you install /dev/urandom the code will find it by default. Otherwise
you have to jump through the hoops to get the encryption seed.
"Oswaldo E. Aguirre M." wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:02:50AM -0400, Duane Gran wrote:
> > > > I have compiled and setup mod_ssl with open_ssl on a few systems in the
> > > > past, but I'm having some trouble today. I'm using the latest stable
> > > > version of mod_ssl, open_ssl and apache on Solaris 2.7.
> > > >
> > > > Apache is unable to start, via a the "apachectl startssl" or the regular
> > > > "apachectl start" commands. I see the following entry in the error_log:
> > > >
> > > > [Mon Aug 21 11:01:04 2000] [error] mod_ssl: Init: Failed to generate
> > > > temporary 512 bit RSA private key
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone else encountered this error, and if so, could you give some
> > > > hints about how to resolve it? Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > > It's a FAQ: http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.6/ssl_faq.html#ToC15 and
> > > http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#6
> >
> > I just wanted to give an update. I was able to solve this problem with
> > a free third party /dev/random and /dev/urandom implementation:
> >
> > http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~andi/
> >
> > I hope this helps some others.
> >
>
> I tried to use the random.c, I compiled it but didnt attached:
> devfsadm: driver failed to attach: random
> Warning: Driver (random) successfully added to system but failed to attach
>
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