Thanks - It was a missing "SSLEngine On" directive. I had been using the
default Apache configuration file but copied over the virtual hosts
verbatim, and Stronghold used "SSLFlag On" instead. Problem solved!

Emily Witcher - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Developer and System Administrator
Crytech - 406-655-0501/1-888-CRYTECH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Thorpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Emily Eileen Witcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: Stronghold and Apache/mod_ssl certificate compatibility


> Hi,
>
> On Monday 28 Oct 2002 2:46 pm, Emily Eileen Witcher wrote:
> > We are planning to replace an outdated copy of Stronghold
> > (Stronghold/2.4.2 Apache/1.3.6 C2NetEU/2410) with Apache
> > 1.3.27/mod_ssl/2.8.12.
> >
> > I created what appears to be a workable httpd.conf for Apache.
> > Accessing http: URLS under Apache works fine. But when trying to access
> > an Apache/modssl https URL I get this repeated in the error_log:
> >
> > Invalid method in request \x80L\x01\x03
> > Invalid method in request \x80L\x01\x03
>
> Have you turned SSL *on* for the address/port that you want https to
> work on? I think the directive is SSLEngine but can't recall off-hand -
> I recommend you start by compiling and installing 1.3.27 into a test
> directory with the default configuration files and what-not - verify
> that it works as you expect (it will configure to listen HTTP on port
> 8080 and HTTPS on port 8443). Ie;
>
>   http://localhost:8080/
>   https://localhost:8443/
>
> If that works, use it as a reference when setting-up and migrating your
> Stronghold stuff. As mentioned, I suspect the particular problem you
> were hitting was a failure to turn SSL on in the config file - the
> default config file installed by modssl should provide a reference to
> compare against.
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
>
> --
> Geoff Thorpe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.geoffthorpe.net/
>
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