Hello, > I am trying to setup SSL on my apache server running SVN. I've followed the > description from the TortoiseSVN manual. When I execute the line: > > bin\openssl req -config bin\openssl.cnf -new -out my-server.csr > > It writes: > > Loading 'screen' into random state - > > And nothing more happens. I have tried waiting for 30 minutes but nothing > happens. > Because you specified "-new" option RSA key will be generated. For that random number generator must be seeded. This looks like openssl waits for random entropy source and entropy is not ready. On Unix this sometimes happens when for example /dev/[u]random file exists and ocrandom daemon is not running. Try for test add option "-rand" with some "entropy" file.
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