Is it possible that this error might be caused by a lack of entropy on the webserver being tested?
Thanks, Larry Barber
On 11/20/06, Larry Barber <lebarber at gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think it has anything to do with Hobbit or the Hobbit server, as the website goes down when we see this error as well.
Thanks, Larry Barber
On 11/20/06, Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 04:13:16PM -0600, Larry Barber wrote:
That doesn't seem to apply here, the cert is from Verisign and I don't believe that it is chained. These are just intermittent failures that last from 1 round of testing to several minutes, then go away. The websites associated with the test also have problems when this error is reported, I don't think this is a Hobbit problem, I'm just trying to help with the
trouble-shooting.
I've also seen this occasionally with https tests. The frustrating thing is that OpenSSL reports an error, but doesn't provide any information whatsoever about what the error is (that's the "error:0...." message). But since it happens when calling SSL_connect, I suppose there is some sort of problem with the SSL handshake (this error happens *after* Hobbit managed to connect at the network - TCP/IP - layer, so the connection to the webserver has been established). It could be a lack of
entropy (randomness) on the Hobbit server so it cannot generate a session key, but that is just a wild guess - and it doesnt really sound like something that would happen.
Regards, Henrik
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