On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 11:45 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > On 5/17/07, Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net> wrote: > > > Why is this OT? Postfix is packaged for Debian, by Debian. > > > > This might be related to TLS entropy problem when there is not enough > > activity or "randomness" from the system. > > > > Exim experiences similar problems when there is not enough activity to > > produce enough randomness. It just runs out of "/dev/random" > > > > Though I could be talking out of my /dev/ass > > I thought since postfix has it's own mailing list, it would be OT here. > > I do not understand what you explained above about the randomness. > Should I remove the /dev/urandom entry from main.cf? No, do not remove the /dev/urandom entry. On a relatively idle system and since most machines do not have a "real" Random Number Generator built into the hardware, it has to be "emulated". This emulation uses activity on the machine to generate the RNG. If there is not enough activity and therefore entropy will degrade the amount of random numbers generated for TLS. These explain it much better than I: http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ#head-82eaabc815b4697c5b7dda3950af8fd56fc7a8b9 http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/README/README.Debian.html#TLS -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key: 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Alternate Fingerprint: 09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0
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