On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Joerg Mueller-Tolk wrote:

> error:24064064:random number generator:SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES:PRNG not seeded
>
> I found the OpenSSL docu (http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#USER1)
> saying that the random number generator needs certain initialization (at
> least 128 bit, ...). I browsed the curl sources and found the code in
> 'ssluse.c', that seems to do the initialization of the random number
> generator used by OpenSSL.
>
> Has anyone an idea why this error is only very rarely reported?

Because most often the seed gets enough randomize!

I don't know what on platform or in what particular surrounding your product
is here, but it might just be that the seeding code isn't good enough for this
user's case.

> On those machines where it is reported the error happens any time I try to
> do a HTTPS-Post. What can I do to prevent the error?

Consider providing your own random source (file) with CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE.

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