https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35894

Max Semenik <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #9 from Max Semenik <[email protected]> 2012-07-27 18:44:58 UTC 
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(In reply to comment #7)
> https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55169
> 
> "When using the 5.4 snaps calling mcrypt_create_iv with either
> MCRYPT_DEV_RANDOM or MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM as source always fails to gather
> sufficient random data regardless of the specified size."

People report problems with 5.3.x

> https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52523
> 
> Test script:
> ---------------
> The following code should loop forever, but does not do so on Windows (XP and
> Windows 7):
> 
>   php -r "$i=0; while( mcrypt_create_iv(16) !== false ) {echo ($i++).'.';};"

MWCryptRand checks for this.

We can make the installer call itself via HTTP(S) to generate the keys - this
will allow it to time out/handle fatals. Does this hack worth implementing?

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