Hi Mark, Thanks for your suggestion. I tried below settings in httpd.conf - <IfModule ssl_module> #SSLRandomSeed startup builtin #SSLRandomSeed connect builtin SSLRandomSeed startup file:/dev/urandom 1024 SSLRandomSeed connect file:/dev/urandom 1024 </IfModule> the commented line was there when I initially posted my query and now I changed it with mentioned lines. But still got the same result. Even i tried with /dev/random option but that option didn't work at all (may be not supported with my OS config) Could you or anyone please help me to resolve this problem. I want to resolve it. I tried to google it but couldn't find any solution. Any help will be great. Thanks On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Mark Montague <mark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> As subject specifies, I have problem with running Apache on SSL only. >> I tried to use 'ab' and tested port 80& 443 both. port 80 is too fast >> than running the server with port 443. > > > SSL needs a source of random data. What source have you told Apache to use? > Note that it is possilble that some sources will block until random data > becomes available -- if that is happening, then it might account for the > slowdown you are seeing. > > The source of random data is controlled by the SSLRandomSeed directive. > See: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslrandomseed > > I run Apache under Linux, which has a good, non-blocking /dev/urandom > implementation. Thus, I use the following directives in my Apache global > server configuration: > > SSLRandomSeed startup file:/dev/urandom 512 > SSLRandomSeed connect file:/dev/urandom 512 > > However, this may or may not be appropriate for your situation -- your > hardware and usage patterns are very different from mine. > > Also, this may not be the source of your problem. But it is the only idea > that came to mind. Hopefully other people on the list will have better > suggestions. > > -- > Mark Montague > mark@xxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx