Re: [OT] secureRandom... using [SHA1PRNG] ..took (up to) 20 minutes

2019-12-31 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Vince, On 12/29/19 23:01, Vince Stewart wrote: > I started recently using my my java app with embedded Tomcat / > 8.0.28 on a debian VPS (DigitalOcean). > > Unfortunately, it can take up to 20 minutes to launch into action > from the time you start

Re: secureRandom... using [SHA1PRNG] ..took (up to) 20 minutes

2019-12-31 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Markus, On 12/30/19 05:27, i...@flyingfischer.ch wrote: > apt-get install haveged update-rc.d haveged defaults > > Increases entropy pool and there for reduces start up time for > Tomcat. I would argue that haveged reduces your security because it

Re: secureRandom... using [SHA1PRNG] ..took (up to) 20 minutes

2019-12-30 Thread i...@flyingfischer.ch
apt-get install haveged update-rc.d haveged defaults Increases entropy pool and there for reduces start up time for Tomcat. Markus Am 30.12.19 um 11:22 schrieb Rainer Jung: > It depends a bit on the major Java version you are using, but have a > look at this page: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/c

Re: secureRandom... using [SHA1PRNG] ..took (up to) 20 minutes

2019-12-30 Thread Rainer Jung
It depends a bit on the major Java version you are using, but have a look at this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/HowTo+FasterStartUp#HowToFasterStartUp-EntropySource Regards, Rainer Am 30.12.2019 um 05:01 schrieb Vince Stewart: I started recently using my my java ap

secureRandom... using [SHA1PRNG] ..took (up to) 20 minutes

2019-12-29 Thread Vince Stewart
I started recently using my my java app with embedded Tomcat / 8.0.28 on a debian VPS (DigitalOcean). Unfortunately, it can take up to 20 minutes to launch into action from the time you start execution. The issue relates to "Creation of SecureRandom instance ... using SHA1PRNG". Slowness has been