RE: Newbie: RANDFILE problem

[Rob Bell]

Title: Newbie: RANDFILE problem

Thought you might find this interesting.  I created a file named /.rnd and filled it full of random text and the error disappeared when I ran "openssl s_client -connect myserver:443 -state -debug". I think this is just a Solaris problem.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Bell
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 10:59 AM
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Subject: RE: Newbie: RANDFILE problem

I followed the tutorial at devshed to do mine: http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/SoothinglySeamless/ and I ran into the same problem.  I also am on unix/solaris.  problem is I can't remember what I did to get over this hurdle.  I suggest you check out this tutorial and compare their method with what you have done.  Maybe there is a missing step.  Also I get that same error when I run "openssl s_client -connect localhost:443 -state -debug" and yet my server works.  Perhaps it's not an SSL issue?

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Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:17 AM
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Subject: RE: Newbie: RANDFILE problem

Yes

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Bell
Sent: 22 septembre, 2000 18:19
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Subject: RE: Newbie: RANDFILE problem

Did you use "apachectl startssl" to start the server?

 

Robman

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Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 1:34 PM
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Subject: Newbie: RANDFILE problem

Greetings!

I'm trying to install a secure server with apache 1.3.12 and mod_ssl 2.6.6. and openssl-0.9.5a under an unix/solaris environment. The compilling went well, but I'm unable to view files from a browser with a https URL. I tried manually to test my https webserver with :

openssl s_client -connect localhost:443 -state -debug

And I always get that message :
'unable to load "random state"
This mean that the random number generator as not been seeded with much random data
Consider setting the RANDFILE environnement variable to point at a file that 'ramdom' data can be kept in (the file will be over written).'

Help! Anyone knows anythingh about that error message?
 I absolutelly don't know what it is talking about.
What is this file that would be overwriten?

Thanks in advance!
 
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