On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 12:26:21AM +1000, Don Gingrich wrote:
> [user@giskard ssl]$ openssl s_client -connect goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au:995
...
> 17080:error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert handshake
> failure:s3_pkt.c:958:SSL alert number 40
...
> [user@giskard ssl]$ openssl s_client -CAfile cert.pem -connect
> goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au:995
...
> 17082:error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert handshake
> failure:s3_pkt.c:958:SSL alert number 40
When you see these messages, your peer (the server) sent back an alert.
For some reason (I am too lazy to look up, what "alert number 40" might
mean) it was unhappy with the negotiation and refused to continue.
> I have looked at the logs on the other side but I
> haven't seen much. I thought one of them mumbled something
> about the failed connection but I didn't grab it at the time
> and I couldn't find it on a grep. :-(
The answer to your problem must be in the server logs.
Best regards,
Lutz
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