[OTR-dev] libotr: main thread blocked when generating privkey in another thread and entropy is low

[Ian Goldberg]

On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 04:50:19PM +0100, Martin Milata wrote:
> There doesn't appear to be a simple solution for this except advising
> the users to install an entropy-gathering daemon such as haveged on the
> VM.

Yes, that's right.  If your system is really out of entropy, there's no
reasonable way to generate crypto keys.  An entropy-gathering daemon is
essential in such a setting.

   - Ian