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Re: [users@httpd] Apache hang and kernel entropy

William A. Rowe, Jr.

2008-07-08

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Arnab Ganguly wrote:
> Hi All,
> Anybody faced Apache hang due to the kernel entropy issue? What was the
> workaround adopted for that?

2.2.9 recently switched several cases of consuming real entropy with the
psuedorandom equivilant, and it defaults to /dev/urandom if available in
lieu of /dev/random. You might want to upgrade.

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