Name
SSLRandomSeed
Synopsis
SSLRandomSeed
context source [bytes]
[server config]
Specifies the source of seeding for the pseudorandom number generator
used by OpenSSL. context determines the seeding
source either at startup or when a new SSL
connection is made (connect).
The source specifies the utility that provides
the random seed. builtin indicates that
mod_ssl’s internal seeding utility is used. It is a
simple utility, but doesn’t provide a strong seeding
source. Other seeding sources are:
file:/path/file, which
uses the contents of a file to determine the seeding. This usually
points to a device file for a random generator like
/dev/random.
exec:/path/prog points
to an executable source for seeding. The source is the stream of
bytes sent to stdout. For both file and executable
sources, an optional argument specifying a number of bytes indicates
that only the first bytes of the source (file or
output) will be used. Without this argument, the complete source is
used.
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