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Re: https problems

From: Bill Mercer <bmerc_at_nccer.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:35:16 -0500

If none of the devs are reporting this problem, maybe that's because they all have some different version of a system file which us lowly users don't have?

I just downloaded the Windows Generic version 7.13 from the link on the site, and I can confirm it still does this to me.

Using version 7.11, this works:
curl -k http://www.netscape.com

With version 7.13, the same command gives the error I described earlier.
I also get the same error when I type this...

curl -k http://no.such.address

or even this...

curl -k blahblahblah

I don't think this problem has anything to do with the actual SSL negotiation, because it happens even with bogus URLs, and curl doesn't get as far as resolving the hostname. I tried this command while running TDIMon, and curl 7.13 doesn't even get as far as opening a port before the crash occurs.

>On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Bill Mercer wrote:
>
>(bug report here:
>http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1115950&group_id=976
>&atid=100976)
>
>>> it in the mail-archive. My found work-around was that the crash does not
>>> occur when you use an additional --cacert parameter.
>
>> Cool, thanks for the tip!
>
>Hey friends. We need more feedback on this problem. When I've asked for
>assistance with this problem on the libcurl list, it turns out that none of
>the devs that build their own version and try this can repeat this problem!
>
>So:
>
>1) can anyone who gets the curl -k problem show us a command line against a
> public URL that seems to crash if not always, at least frequently?
>
>2) does anyone who gets the -k crash NOT use the pre-built executable provided
> on the curl website's download page?
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
> Daniel Stenberg -- http://curl.haxx.se -- http://daniel.haxx.se
> Dedicated custom curl help for hire: http://haxx.se/curl.html

Cheers,

Bill Mercer - National Center for Construction Education and Research
3600 NW 43rd St
Gainesville, Florida 32606
http://www.nccer.org
Phone 352-334-0911 Fax 352-334-0932
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Received on 2005-02-11