Do you have the ipchains or iptables firewall enabled? Try "service ipchains stop" and "service iptables stop" to disable it completely and then try again. In the former case "lokkit" will allow you to configure your firewall to accept connections on the relevant ports.
- John Airey, BSc (Jt Hons), CNA, RHCE Internet systems support officer, ITCSD, Royal National Institute of the Blind, Bakewell Road, Peterborough PE2 6XU, Tel.: +44 (0) 1733 375299 Fax: +44 (0) 1733 370848 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Evolution isn't true just because the majority of people think it is. > -----Original Message----- > From: Konn Danley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 June 2003 19:31 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: https access problems > > > Hi, > > I am new to this mailing list. I am having a problem with > external internet > access to my server. I have the following in place: > > Red Hat 7.3/2.4.18-3 > Apache 1.3.27 > mod_ssl 2.8.12-1.3.27 > OpenSSL 0.9.7a > > I have a main server running on port 80, and a virtualhost on > port 443 for > the SSL. I can access port 443 100% of the time from any client on my > internal network. From external networks, I am having > problems connecting. > I see nothing in IPTraf when these connections external > connections don't > connect, nor do I get anything in my log files. I have no > problems at all > with http. All internal clients work fine for both http and > https on MSIE, > Netscape, and Mozilla. These same clients configured for > loopback through a > dial-up and back into a cable-modem can't get in.....most of > the time, but > once in a while. The same symptoms occur for other people > who have tried to > access my SSL website. They have no problems with http, but > https will > almost always refuse the connection or give them a page not displayed. > > I found a couple of messages posted on this board which > talked about the > SSLSessionCache. I tried changing that to 'none' from 'dbm'. > When I did > this, the external connections worked!! 5 minutes later, > they were gone, > and I was back to the same place that I started. This is a > very strange > problem, and I am NOT an expert. > > I see that there are a lot of posts on this board concerning similiar > sounding problems. Has anybody come up with a fix for this? > Does anybody > have any suggestions as to what I should do or try next? > > Any help here is greatly appreciated. > > Konn > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email's content. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and then delete the email and any attachments from your system. RNIB has made strenuous efforts to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any viruses which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RNIB. RNIB Registered Charity Number: 226227 Website: http://www.rnib.org.uk ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
