On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Wiebe, Kevin wrote:

> Random_the_seed() takes about 25-30 seconds to complete and perhaps this
> contributes to the SSL handshake failing. Should it take this long?

Ough. What makes it take this long? I think you should consider providing a
proper random source for it, and I bet it'll get better.

You need a reasonably random seeding, or else your SSL connection won't be
secure.

> Just wondering if others have experienced this and if there is a way to
> speed up random_the_seed().

I've never seen anyone report this before, no.

-- 
 Daniel Stenberg -- curl: been grokking URLs since 1998
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