You might want to try adding the ppa by ondrej to your apt-get source and install a newer apache and opensll from there. That should give you an ab with openssl 1.0.2 linked.
https://launchpad.net/%7Eondrej/+archive/ubuntu/apache2 > Am 30.06.2016 um 19:21 schrieb Pietro Paolini <pietro.paol...@ocado.com>: > > Hi all, > > I apologise in advance, if this is not the right place where to post such > question. > I have tried to use the ab tool which comes with the apache package of my > Ubuntu 14.04 distro to stress test a web server, such server lies behind a > CDN and the use of the TLS Server Name Indication is required. > > Unfortunately my ab binary does not cope well with that and this is what I > get: > > dpkg -l *apache2-utils* > > apache2-utils 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.1 amd64 > > > Benchmarking api.sit.cymesfood.osp.tech (be patient)...SSL handshake failed > (1). > 139742942701280:error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 > alert h > andshake failure:s23_clnt.c:770: > > ..done > > Googling the problem I found people with similar issues who have re-built the > apache source tarball after having applied some patches or manually having > modified the code. > > https://blogs.oracle.com/meena/entry/apachebench_ab_and_sni > > Such guide is based on httpd-2.3.11-beta > > The issue with that is that I do not have much diff context to see where the > changes should be applied and the starting tarball is different httpd-2.3.11 > vs httpd-2.4.20, furthermore I though that asking directly the community > involved in the project could give me a better idea about what's needed. > > I have built the httpd-2-.4.20 tarball but the problem is still there, has it > been fixed in newer version ? is there a workaround for that ? > > Thanks, > Pietro > > Notice: This email is confidential and may contain copyright material of > members of the Ocado Group. Opinions and views expressed in this message may > not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of the members of the Ocado > Group. > > If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and > delete all copies of this message. Please note that it is your responsibility > to scan this message for viruses. > > Fetch and Sizzle are trading names of Speciality Stores Limited, a member of > the Ocado Group. > > References to the “Ocado Group” are to Ocado Group plc (registered in England > and Wales with number 7098618) and its subsidiary undertakings (as that > expression is defined in the Companies Act 2006) from time to time. The > registered office of Ocado Group plc is Titan Court, 3 Bishops Square, > Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Herts. AL10 9NE.
