[Mono-bugs] [Bug 74952][Nor] Changed - Rapid RSA construct-> random number generator -> NullReference

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Changed by vargaz at gmail.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=74952

--- shadow/74952	2005-05-15 20:19:27.000000000 -0400
+++ shadow/74952.tmp.5326	2005-05-15 21:23:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Bug#: 74952
 Product: Mono: Class Libraries
 Version: unspecified
 OS: unknown
 OS Details: AMD64 - Gentoo
-Status: NEEDINFO   
+Status: REOPENED   
 Resolution: 
 Severity: Unknown
 Priority: Normal
 Component: CORLIB
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs at ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: harningt at gmail.com               
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@
 see if you can duplicate the issue with them.
 
 ------- Additional Comments From vargaz at gmail.com  2005-05-15 20:19 -------
 Please use the included libgc, ie. --with-gc=included. Using the
 system supplied random Boehm GC version is not really supported.
 
+
+------- Additional Comments From vargaz at gmail.com  2005-05-15 21:23 -------
+I tracked this down to a MemberAccessException thrown somewhere
+inside CryptoConfig:CreateFromName. That function doesn't look
+thread safe, ie. one thread might be executing Initialize (), while
+another might be looking up stuff in the 'algorithms' hashtable.
+