I finally tracked down why my system was failing to initialize SSL properly. I had not setup SSLSessionCache. As soon as I recompiled (installing mm_1.0.9) and setup the SSLSessionCache my system stopped having troubles during restart. Just though some of you may like to know. In case someone in the future has a similar problem -Jason Now, if we could only figure out the "interrupted by system" issue :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 9:39 AM Subject: Re: SSL handshake interrupted by system >Although I have not tracked down any reason for this error, I believe it >seems to be a problem with the initialization of SSL in each child. I have >a web server running a nearly identical setup, and it used to get many SSL >interruptions per day. > >I raised the MaxRequestsPerChild limit last friday (to 3000). And so far, >the number of errors seems to have decreased proportionally. I used to >recieve this error dozens of times daily. But since the change 4 days ago, >I have only recieved it 20 times. > >The only noticeable drawback is that each child is consuming 2-6 meg more >RAM. Compared to the SSL error, this is totally acceptable to me. > >Another thing I have noticed, is that immediatly after starting (or >restarting) your server. You should hit it several times with your browser >(using SSL) this will eliminate the number of times your errors will appear >on your clients browsers. > -Jason > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jeremiah Bellomy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 10:33 AM >Subject: SSL handshake interrupted by system > > >>As you can see below, "SSL handshake interrupted by system" is being logged >>to Apache's error_log every 3 minutes. The box is running Red Hat Linux >>release 5.2 (Apollo), Kernel 2.0.36. >> >>Also notice that this was happening with Apache/1.3.4 (Unix) PHP/3.0.6 >>mod_ssl/2.1.8 SSLeay/0.9.0b and is still happening after upgrading to >>Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) PHP/3.0.11 mod_ssl/2.3.5 OpenSSL/0.9.3a. I've seen a >>few messages about this error in the mailing list archives, but none seem >to >>match this pattern. This server currently has very little traffic - >>Probably not much more than 10 page views an hour. Any idea what could be >>causing this? Is it harmless? Can this error be disabled per >configuration >>if it is harmless? >> >> -- Jeremiah >> >>error_log: >>[Thu Jul 1 04:42:03 1999] [notice] Apache/1.3.4 (Unix) PHP/3.0.6 >>mod_ssl/2.1.8 SSLeay/0.9.0b configured -- resuming normal operations >>[Thu Jul 1 04:43:22 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 04:46:22 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 04:49:22 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 04:52:22 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 04:55:23 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 04:58:23 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 05:01:23 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 05:04:23 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 05:07:23 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Thu Jul 1 05:10:23 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>... >>... >>[Fri Jul 2 16:28:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:31:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:34:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:37:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:40:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:43:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:46:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:49:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:52:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:55:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 16:58:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:01:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:04:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:05:38 1999] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down >>[Fri Jul 2 17:06:45 1999] [notice] Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) PHP/3.0.11 >>mod_ssl/2.3.5 OpenSSL/0.9.3a configured -- resuming normal operations >>[Fri Jul 2 17:07:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:09:46 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system (System error follows) >>[Fri Jul 2 17:09:46 1999] [error] System: Connection reset by peer (errno: >>104) >>[Fri Jul 2 17:10:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:13:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:16:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:19:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:22:06 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:25:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:28:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:31:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:34:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:37:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:40:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:43:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:46:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:49:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:52:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:55:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 17:58:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 18:01:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 18:04:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 18:07:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 18:10:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 18:13:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >>[Fri Jul 2 18:16:07 1999] [error] mod_ssl: SSL handshake interrupted by >>system >> >>ssl_engine_log: >>[02/Jul/1999 17:49:07] [info] Connection to child 3 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 17:49:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 17:52:07] [info] Connection to child 7 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 17:52:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 17:55:07] [info] Connection to child 4 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 17:55:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 17:58:07] [info] Connection to child 5 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 17:58:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:01:07] [info] Connection to child 6 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:01:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:04:07] [info] Connection to child 2 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:04:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:07:07] [info] Connection to child 0 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:07:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:10:07] [info] Connection to child 1 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:10:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:13:07] [info] Connection to child 3 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:13:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:16:07] [info] Connection to child 7 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:16:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:19:07] [info] Connection to child 4 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:19:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:22:07] [info] Connection to child 5 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:22:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:25:07] [info] Connection to child 6 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:25:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:28:07] [info] Connection to child 2 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:28:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:31:07] [info] Connection to child 0 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:31:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:34:07] [info] Connection to child 1 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:34:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:37:07] [info] Connection to child 3 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:37:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>[02/Jul/1999 18:40:07] [info] Connection to child 7 established (server >>secure.emphasys.net:443) >>[02/Jul/1999 18:40:07] [error] SSL handshake interrupted by system >>______________________________________________________________________ >>Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org >>User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >______________________________________________________________________ >Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org >User 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