Re: customers get "page cannot be displayed" when browsing securely

[Stephan Edelman]

Hello all,   This problem has just cropped up with an upgrade of Apache and mod_ssl.   When our customers are browsing our site securely and "pause" while filing in information (into an order form, for example), the Apache server closes the connection (presumably because it was a keepalive connection and it timed out), but when the customer does a submit of the orderform, a "Page cannot be displayed" message comes up.   Looking into this a bit closer, the web server is indeed closing the connection, but the browser still thinks it's connected. When the user POSTs the form, a TCP connection-reset is sent back, causing the browser to display "Page cannot be displayed or DNS error" (in IE 6).   Incidently, when the user takes less time to fill in the order form (i.e., before Apache closes the connection) the order form can be submitted just fine.   This is what shows up in the ssl_engine_log file:   [24/Mar/2002 20:23:05 22913] [info]  Connection to child 7 closed with standard shutdown (server secure.newace.ca:443, client 204.92.222.5)   We're running Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) PHP/3.0.18 mod_ssl/2.8.7 OpenSSL/0.9.6c, on Kernel 2.4.17 SMP.   Is there a way to specify the timeout in Apache, or mod_ssl? Any suggestions? Please reply to my email and this list.   Regards,   Stephan. --- Stephan A. Edelman, B.Eng. NewAce Corporation http://www.newace.com Toll Free: 1-877-463-9223 x21 Tel: +1 519 336-4837 x21 Fax:+1 519 336-4046