On 28/01/2012 14:23, Rainer Jung wrote: > On 28.01.2012 00:38, Pid wrote: >> On 27/01/2012 23:25, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >>>> From: David Rees [mailto:dree...@gmail.com] >>>> Subject: Re: TC7 very slow SessionIdGenerator SecureRandom >>>> initialization >>> >>>> Hmm, yes, the systems I've checked running Java 1.7.0_02 list >>>> /dev/urandom as the securerandom.source. >>> >>> Unfortunately, there's a misguided part of the JRE that insists it's >>> smarter than any sysadmin, so it checks for /dev/urandom and uses >>> /dev/random instead - that's why the setting of /dev/./urandom is >>> important, even though it would seem to be equivalent. >> >> So editing the file fixes this, or just using the system property? > > I expect either will help. > > Using /dev/random instead of the configured /dev/urandom IMHO is an > implementation bug. Some more details at > > http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=130182757504685&w=2 > > http://search.oracle.com/search/search?search_p_main_operator=all&start=1&group=bugs.sun.com&q=%2Fdev%2Furandom > > > The one bug closest to this topic is > > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6202721 > > but Oracle doesn't care :(.
I wonder if the OpenJDK project will be more responsive. p > Regards, > > Rainer > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > -- [key:62590808]
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