Hi all...
I would like to thanx.. to all the users fot he openssl.. that i got
success in multi-threaded server with SSL APIs... gr8 ...

Once again thnx a lot..


On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Ger Hobbelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please mind the single line where Darryl mentioned
> renegotiation/rekeying of your SSL session. It means you may have to
> replicate the relevant bits of code in both read and write thread.
> (It's the SSL_WANT_READ and SSL_WANT_WRITE codes coming out of
> SSL_write() and SSL_read() respectively that are going to do you in
> otherwise. You can test this using the OpenSSL provided sample client
> by hitting 'R' to force a reneg and see what your code does. Yours
> wouldn't be the first nor last to lock up in that scenario. The
> lifetime of the SSL connection is one of the factors that can trigger
> a reneg under the hood IIRC; anyway, you should (must) assume you're
> not in full control server-side at app code level regarding reneg
> occurring.
>
> Otherwise, it's indeed 'critical sectioning' each SSL call through
> mutexes all the way to give this a chance to work. (Assuming you can
> _guarantee_ those read AND write threads will definitely run on the
> same CPU in a MPU server environment; if you can't, you're risking
> being DOA even while mutexing the whole bunch: if cpu A doesn't
> write-through cache so cpu B gets to see the same content
> instantaneously (i.e. the 'volatile' mentioned before, and no, SSL
> doesn't add 'volatile' to the internals), you're in for a few
> surprises that are bloody hard to debug. And generally, that type of
> bug waits for you to go to production. ;-)
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten / Best regards,
>
> Ger Hobbelt
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Vineeta Kumari
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Mobera Systems
Chandigarh
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