When starting up, I've noticed that syslog-ng hangs on our embedded system when generating the HOSTID. This is because the HOSTID generation uses RAND_bytes (in
_create_host_id)- which needs entropy (which we don't have enough of, and don't want to generate).
The logging is only used locally and there is no need for crypto functionality. Is there a way to avoid generating a cryptographically secure HOSTID on start up?