Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:37:03 -0400 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: apr ports devrandom option Message-ID: <4C19985F.7030700@p6m7g8.com> In-Reply-To: <20100617021406.0b7d8cb7@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20100617000106.2db70cb4@gumby.homeunix.com> <732B2687-76E1-4693-8658-1C3C9B142542@mac.com> <20100617010030.3bb02931@gumby.homeunix.com> <49C8F6CA-E527-420E-BD04-514DDF72F8A7@mac.com> <20100617021406.0b7d8cb7@gumby.homeunix.com>
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--------------enig0DA2D84114E73FB21526FA55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 6/16/2010 9:14 PM, RW wrote: > Right, but my question was about why anyone would set the option to > "off". >=20 > On the face of it, it's a pointless option since turning it off either > does nothing or it makes Apache less secure. >=20 I will ask dev@apr if there is any reason they can think of to turn it off on FBSD. When I added it I was just parsing the configure output for mod_auth_digest in apache and its requirements. --=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1024D/DB9B8C1C B90B FBC3 A3A1 C71A 8E70 3F8C 75B8 8FFB DB9B 8C1C Philip M. Gollucci (pgollucci@p6m7g8.com) c: 703.336.9354 VP Apache Infrastructure; Member, Apache Software Foundation Committer, FreeBSD Foundation Consultant, P6M7G8 Inc. Sr. System Admin, Ridecharge Inc. Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching. --------------enig0DA2D84114E73FB21526FA55 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAkwZmGQACgkQdbiP+9ubjBy8iwCfR174mEd7YLF1ucZPGTmY+XpS BukAn3u6TU27XEEYmqiuOGZdbwZwwih9 =Y2d3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0DA2D84114E73FB21526FA55--
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