[Patches] [ python-Patches-414326 ] SSL fix for OpenSSL-0.9.6+

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Patches item #414326, was updated on 2001-04-06 08:53
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Category: core (C code)
Group: 2.0.1 bugfix
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Brian E. Gallew (geekatcmu)
Assigned to: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Summary: SSL fix for OpenSSL-0.9.6+

Initial Comment:
With OpenSSL-0.9.6+, the PRNG must be properly seeded
before attempting any SSL operations.  This patch,
courtesy of Greg Wilson  <Greg.Wilson@baltimore.com>,
will call RAND_load_file with the value of the RANDFILE
environment variable.

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>Comment By: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Date: 2001-04-09 07:15

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Hard to say.  The SSL support is unusable on some platforms
without this (David Beazley claimed it was fatal on Solaris,
where there's no /dev/random to fall back to), but on the
other hand the
patch does add code that does something significantly new.  
I'd call it "feature", too.


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Comment By: Moshe Zadka (moshez)
Date: 2001-04-09 06:55

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Andrew, I want a second opinion: is this considered a
feature or a bugfix? I'm leaning in the "feature" direction,
and 2.1 will have this anyway.

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