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Re: HTTPS handshake bug ?

From: Daniel Stenberg <Daniel.Stenberg_at_haxx.nu>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 12:22:28 +0200 (MET DST)

On Fri, 26 May 2000 kamadoll_at_excite.com wrote:

> I am trying to connect to an HTTPS server with Curl-OpenSSL 0.9.4 For
> some reason this particular server ends up timing out consistently - I
> traced the problem to be the select call in download.c which is in a
> timeout loop until the remote server closes the connection.

Ouch. Have you verified this with the latest and greatest versions? curl
6.5.2, openssl 0.9.5a?

> A parallel implementation based on the Micro$oft WinInet library
> transacts the same business without a problem. Any clues ?

Nope. As it obviously get problems in the middle of the download it isn't
really a handshake bug but more like something that happens while connected.

> I can connect to other https servers just fine - its just the particular
> one which is an issue - and yes it is running IIS.

Do you always get the exact same results? On any page? Is the server around
so I can have a go at it?

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Received on 2000-05-26