On Sep 5, 10:47 pm, Harry George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jurian Botha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sorry if this is a real dumb question, but I'm totally stumped. > > > I'm trying to connect to a https url in order to do some xml-rpc method > > calls, but I'm getting the following error: > > > Error Type: sslerror > > Error Value: (6, 'TLS/SSL connection has been closed') > > > What could be causing this error, any clues would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks > > -- > > View this message in > > context:http://www.nabble.com/SSL-Issue-tf4388062.html#a12510772 > > Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > I don't have a complete story, but here are some hints: > > 1. The message is from:http://www.openssl.org/docs/ssl/SSL_get_error.html > (see "ZERO RETURN") > probably as filtered by > PyOpenSSL, which has its own > issues:http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074322.html > > 2. Chances are that your certificates are out of whack, or you are > misusing the SSL context parameters, or are not telling the HTTP > Connection object about the SSL Connection properly. > > 3. Debugging at the python layer is easier (put print statements in > M2Crypto's SSL/Context and SSL/Connection) but if necessary, dive into > openssl: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg49287.html > > 4. You can check for the "hello" handshake using WireShark. > > 5. I haven't found a tutorial for full Python client/server over HTTPS > with verification of both client and server certificates. If that is > where you are going, let me know what works. >
Try the "openssl s_client <host>:<port>" command to get some handy info on what is happening. It's kind of like telnet but for SSL. This will help isolate SSL issues from the Python layer. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
