TLS server crashes when Major version number is not 3

[Xiaoyu Ruan]

It seems the OpenSSL TLS server, when forced to use TLSv1, shuts down
the connection immediately after receiving a ClientHello with major
version number not equal to 0x03. Nothing was sent to the client to
notify the error. I am wondering if there is a reason why an alert
protocol message was not sent to the client before shutting down the
connection?

 

Thanks.

 

-Xiaoyu