[Techtalk] Re: Help! Apache startssl Dies Silently?

[Kai MacTane]

At 9/19/03 10:10 AM , gab wrote:

>I just had the same experience, but it was my first time installing
>apache + mod_ssl + php, so take this for what it's worth.  (Talk about
>an evil morass.  The lack of error messages was really a pain.)

No kidding. At least I've finally figured out where the logs on this aspect 
of things are going: ssl_engine_log. Oh.

At this point, I've tried any number of different ways of 
compiling/installing, ranging from instructions found on the Web to 
instructions in mod_ssl to those in mod_perl. Plus used APXS in a few ways. 
No dice. No matter what I try, I do at least seem to get the same 
problem... when attempting to start Apache with "startssl", the 
ssl_engine_log reads as follows:

[19/Sep/2003 18:50:30 30777] [info]  Server: Apache/1.3.28, Interface: 
mod_ssl/2.8.15, Library: OpenSSL/0.9.6g
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:30 30777] [info]  Init: 1st startup round (still not 
detached)
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:30 30777] [info]  Init: Initializing OpenSSL library
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:30 30777] [info]  Init: Loading certificate & private 
key of SSL-aware server surehand.fiddlersgreen-sfbay.org:443
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:30 30777] [info]  Init: Requesting pass phrase via 
builtin terminal dialog
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:43 30777] [info]  Init: Loading certificate & private 
key of SSL-aware server www.GothPunk.com:443
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:43 30777] [info]  Init: Wiped out the queried pass 
phrases from memory
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:43 30777] [info]  Init: Seeding PRNG with 136 bytes of 
entropy
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:43 30777] [info]  Init: Generating temporary RSA private 
keys (512/1024 bits)
[19/Sep/2003 18:50:45 30777] [info]  Init: Configuring temporary DH 
parameters (512/1024 bits)

And there it stops. Dead, full stop, every time. Does anyone know what the 
heck a DH parameter is in the first place? Or does this give anyone any 
other clues?

                                                 --Kai MacTane
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