On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Michael S. Steuer wrote:

> I'm using Curl::Easy (libcurl perl interface) to post XML content over
> HTTPS with a client certificate to a webserver, from within my perl
> application. Every now and then I get a:

[error 403 snipped off]

> Which means that the web server apparently never received the
> certificate!

Or that it got through but wasn't recognized as a legal certificate by the
server.

> Is this a known problem/bug?

I can't recall any known bug that appears like this, no. There have however
been a few SSL and certificate fixes in libcurl since 7.7.2 was released.

> Is there something to do about it?

I'd suggest upgrading to more recent libcurl and OpenSSL versions first.

Also, are you sure that this problem is not the server end being this flaky?

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