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20 years ago

boa SSL connection problem

I compiled openssl 0.9.7 and enabled SSL in boa. The webserver started, but when I try to connect I get following error: SSL_R_SSL_SESSION_ID_CALLBACK_FAILED Does anybody know what is wrong an...
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20 years ago

That makes sense. Any sort of SSL app (perhaps other crypto apps, as well) needs to have "random entropy" in order to operate. In the not-so-distant past, Solaris didn't offer a "randomness generator", so openssl's solution was to force the user to enter random keystrokes.... In other words, be thankful that Linux (or uCLinux) doesn't require this :-)

Cheers, and Thanks for the SSLed BOA!

- slacker