[openssl-users] FIPS_mode_set - failed - SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES:PRNG not seeded

Mithun Kumar mithunsingh at gmail.com
Fri Jan 5 13:40:55 UTC 2018


I have seen similar issue on linux when /dev/random failed to generate seed
when application tries to create many SSL connections in parallel.




On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 4:37 PM, murugesh pitchaiah <
murugesh.pitchaiah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Need your inputs on below issue:
>
> When I try to set the FIPS mode, seeing below error and failure
> intermittently:
>
> Error: FIPS_mode_set(1) failed. Reason: error:24064064:random number
> generator:SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES:PRNG not seeded
>
> I am using following versions:
> openssl-1.0.2k
> openssl-fips-ecp-2.0.16 in canister model.
>
> Please share if this is known issue and any fix available for the same.
>
> Thanks,
> Murugesh P.
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