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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by ig...@apache.org on 2012/04/11 13:34:12 UTC
svn commit: r1324709 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml
Author: igalic
Date: Wed Apr 11 11:34:11 2012
New Revision: 1324709
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1324709&view=rev
Log:
remove misleading information about mod_ssl behaviour on FreeBSD.
EDG is a dead project. rndcontrol has been removed 11 years ago.
Modified:
httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml
Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml?rev=1324709&r1=1324708&r2=1324709&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml Wed Apr 11 11:34:11 2012
@@ -366,16 +366,7 @@ The following <em>source</em> variants a
can take a long time). Here using an existing <code>/dev/urandom</code> is
better, because it never blocks and actually gives the amount of requested
data. The drawback is just that the quality of the received data may not
- be the best.</p>
- <p>
- On some platforms like FreeBSD one can even control how the entropy is
- actually generated, i.e. by which system interrupts. More details one can
- find under <em>rndcontrol(8)</em> on those platforms. Alternatively, when
- your system lacks such a random device, you can use tool
- like <a href="http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/">EGD</a>
- (Entropy Gathering Daemon) and run it's client program with the
- <code>exec:/path/to/program/</code> variant (see below) or use
- <code>egd:/path/to/egd-socket</code> (see below).</p></li>
+ be the best.</p></li>
<li><code>exec:/path/to/program</code>
<p>