[Box Backup] Exception: Connection TLSHandshakeFailed (7/30)

Remco Poelstra boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:47:56 +0100


Ben Summers wrote:
>> Nov  5 16:22:33 aker bbstored[3432]: Incoming connection from 
>> 131.155.237.160 port 32806 (handling in child 3936)
>> Nov  5 16:22:34 aker bbstored[3936]: SSL err during Accept: 
>> error:140890B2:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE:no certificate 
>> returned
>> Nov  5 16:22:34 aker bbstored[3936]: in server child, exception 
>> Connection TLSHandshakeFailed (7/30) -- terminating child
>>
>> Any logfile given to bbackupquery remains empty nontheless.
> 
> 
> Was this for the telnet attempt? What happens in the logs when 
> bbackupquery attempts to connect?

No, that was the output of a 'bbackupquery'. Telnet gives:
Nov  5 16:45:12 aker bbstored[3432]: Incoming connection from 
131.155.237.160 port 32822 (handling in child 3963)
Nov  5 16:45:14 aker bbstored[3963]: SSL err during Accept: 
error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number
Nov  5 16:45:14 aker bbstored[3963]: in server child, exception 
Connection TLSHandshakeFailed (7/30) -- terminating child


> Are the clocks on your machines synchronized? It might be that the 
> certificates aren't valid yet if the machine used for signing them had a 
> clock with the wrong time.

Yes, there are a few seconds apart.

>> I hope the syslog messages give you a clue. Do you perhaps know how I 
>> can change my config to get the logs in the appropriate file?
> 
> 
> It looked to me as if you'd already done that. Did you restart syslogd? 
> (I'm not really hugely familiar with the intricacies of the various 
> Linux distributions, so can't be that much help.)

Yes, I did. I reboot my machine regurlary. It's not very important. I'll 
see if I can figure it out.

Remco