[hobbit] bbtest error

[Larry Barber]

Is it possible that this error might be caused by a lack of entropy on the
webserver being tested?

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On 11/20/06, Larry Barber <lebarber at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't think it has anything to do with Hobbit or the Hobbit server, as
> the website goes down when we see this error as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Barber
>
> On 11/20/06, Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 04:13:16PM -0600, Larry Barber wrote:
> > > That doesn't seem to apply here, the cert is from Verisign and I don't
> > > believe that it is chained. These are just intermittent failures that
> > last
> > > from 1 round of testing to several minutes, then go away. The websites
> > > associated with the test also have problems when this error is
> > reported, I
> > > don't think this is a Hobbit problem, I'm just trying to help with the
> >
> > > trouble-shooting.
> >
> > I've also seen this occasionally with https tests. The frustrating thing
> > is that OpenSSL reports an error, but doesn't provide any information
> > whatsoever about what the error is (that's the "error:0...." message).
> > But since it happens when calling SSL_connect, I suppose there is some
> > sort of problem with the SSL handshake (this error happens *after*
> > Hobbit managed to connect at the network - TCP/IP - layer, so the
> > connection to the webserver has been established). It could be a lack of
> >
> > entropy (randomness) on the Hobbit server so it cannot generate a
> > session key, but that is just a wild guess - and it doesnt really sound
> > like something that would happen.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Henrik
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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