Bert and Gene, I also had the same problem...and posted the lines below on September 13th...no response yet.
Regards, Barry vvvvv I have an SSL-capable server application running on port 80 on a VMS box. A non-SSL browser connection to it works perfectly. However, when attempting to connect to it via a browser on port 80 using the HTTPS: prefix, it hangs without even sending the request for acceptance of the security certificate. When I restart my application, it works ONLY for a while, then reverts to the described behavior. I have used an openssl s_client with assorted bells and whistles, with this result on hung connections: OpenSSL> s_client -connect w.x.y.z:80 -ssl3 -debug -nbio -bugs -state -showcerts CONNECTED(00000003) turning on non blocking io SSL_connect:before/connect initialization write to 003A81A0 [003CA808] (88 bytes => 88 (0x58)) 0000 - 16 03 00 00 53 01 00 00-4f 03 00 3d 82 63 a4 96 ....S...O..=.c.. 0010 - b8 d6 27 bb 12 24 55 39-53 d4 44 ac 5e e1 15 f4 ..'..$U9S.D.^... 0020 - 28 86 de 4a 76 a0 90 3b-83 23 30 00 00 28 00 16 (..Jv..;.#0..(.. 0030 - 00 13 00 0a 00 66 00 05-00 04 00 65 00 64 00 63 .....f.....e.d.c 0040 - 00 62 00 61 00 60 00 15-00 12 00 09 00 14 00 11 .b.a.`.......... 0050 - 00 08 00 06 00 03 01 ....... 0058 - <SPACES/NULS> SSL_connect:SSLv3 write client hello A read from 003A81A0 [003C1808] (5 bytes => -1 (0xFFFFFFFF)) SSL_connect:error in SSLv3 read server hello A write R BLOCK Any ideas would be helpful. Regards, Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: time out parameter for command line of openssl (s_client) bin > Hello B, > > Hey if you get an answer to this question I'd love to know it. I've > encountered this problem myself. I also had to use OS kernel timeout, to > kill the connection... I've posted this question to the list also but no > answer. If I hear anything I'll let you know too. > > Later, > Gene > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Courtin Bert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:05 AM > Subject: time out parameter for command line of openssl (s_client) bin > > > > Hi list, > > > > currently I'm using > > > > ----- > > CONN_STRING="$(${PATH_TO_OPENSSL} s_client -connect > ${HOST_IP}:${PORT} -nbio -pause < /dev/null 2>&1)" > > > > to connect to a remote SSL-server to get the connection string for > processing it with > > > > echo "${CONN_STRING}" | ${PATH_TO_OPENSSL} x509 -noout -dates | grep > "notAfter")" > > > > to get the expiration date of the certificate. > > ------ > > > > That works pretty fine for most of the ssl hosts but sometimes openssl > gets struck and doesen't proceed farer than: > > CONNECTED(00000003) > > turning on non blocking io > > write R BLOCK > > > > openssl then only times out by the time out for connections by the OS. > > > > > > ->Is there any (undocumented) command line option for openssl s_client to > specify a time out (e.g. -timeout sec)? > > > > ->Otherwise I would like to ask to start a dicussion for integrating such > a feature into openssl s_client. > > > > > > Please reply cc: to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I haven't subscribed for > this list. > > > > I would appreciate any feedback... > > > > > > Thank you & kind regards, > > B. Courtin > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]