That sounds like the ssl mutex mechanism not working properly. Not sure whether anyones got it working on win32 and mod_ssl on win32 is still listed as an alpha release.
I too would choose to ditch windows, but if you do need it, then you should try apache 2 at least the asf say its production quality on win32 - not sure if there are precompiled win32 binaries with ssl though. Mike Campbell wrote: > Hello, > I'm running Apache 1.3.24 with MOD_SSL 2.8.8 on a Windows 2000 server. > > I've installed and configured according to the "Apache + SSL on Win32 > Howto" <http://tud.at/programm/apache-ssl-win32-howto.php3> and I've > gotten a certificate from Thawte. I can and always have been able to > make an (unsecure) http hit on the server. I can also make a secure > https hit. However, if I reload the secure page a few times, sooner or > later Apache crashes. > > The error message that pops up says "Apache.exe has generated errors > and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. > An error log is being created." The Windows error log says it was an > access violation and gives a stack dump, which I don't know how to > read. The Apache error log and the SSL log are free of errors. > > When starting Apache, the only complaint I was getting from the config > file was: > "Cannot add module via name 'mod_ssl.c': not in list of loaded modules" > so I've commented that line out. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > These are the relevant lines in httpd.conf: > > ### (other AddModules) ### > #AddModule mod_ssl.c > ... > > ### (other LoadModules) ### > LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so > ... > > Listen 80 > Listen 443 > ... > > SSLMutex sem > SSLRandomSeed startup builtin > SSLSessionCache none > > SSLLog logs/SSL.log > SSLLogLevel info > > <VirtualHost XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:80> > DocumentRoot c:/... > ServerName www.mydomain.com <http://www.mydomain.com> > </VirtualHost> > ... > > ### (many other VirtualHosts) ### > > <VirtualHost XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:443> > SSLEngine On > SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/pubkey.cert > SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/prvkey.key > DocumentRoot c:/... > ServerName www.mydomain.com <http://www.mydomain.com> > </VirtualHost> > > > ------------------------------------------------- > Mike Campbell Aktiv Software Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.aktiv.com > (250) 708-0027 ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
