Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Re: [BLUG] has anybody seen this error before?

Thanks Dave,

I kind of suspected that it was nothing to be terribly worried about
since I'm not experiencing any noticeable SSL problems and am running a
recent OpenSSL set of libraries, but its persistence over a long period
of time finally motivated the question :)


Dave Monnier REN-ISAC wrote:
> Joe Auty wrote:
>
> > [Wed May 30 11:32:09 2007] [info] (70014)End of file found: SSL
> > handshake interrupted by system [Hint: Stop button pressed in browser?!]
>
> This is the message that caused the rest. As the error text implies,
> it can
> be caused by someone stopping the SSL exchange before it was completed. If
> you're seeing it multiple times in your logs it could mean any number of
> things. A worm/exploit in the wild may not handle SSL well, a
> worm/exploit
> in the wild may be trying to exploit mod_ssl, someones client doesn't play
> nice with your SSL implementation, etc, etc. Possible reasons go on
> and on.
>
> The message alone doesn't indicate a problem on your side. I wouldn't
> worry
> about it unless you see other services also generating error.
>
> -Dave
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