bbtest error

Is it possible that this error might be caused by a lack of entropy on the
webserver being tested?

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On 11/20/06, Larry Barber <user-6ef9c2864140@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I don't think it has anything to do with Hobbit or the Hobbit server, as
the website goes down when we see this error as well.

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On 11/20/06, Henrik Stoerner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 04:13:16PM -0600, Larry Barber wrote:

That doesn't seem to apply here, the cert is from Verisign and I don't
believe that it is chained. These are just intermittent failures that
last
from 1 round of testing to several minutes, then go away. The websites
associated with the test also have problems when this error is
reported, I
don't think this is a Hobbit problem, I'm just trying to help with the

trouble-shooting.

I've also seen this occasionally with https tests. The frustrating thing
is that OpenSSL reports an error, but doesn't provide any information
whatsoever about what the error is (that's the "error:0...." message).
But since it happens when calling SSL_connect, I suppose there is some
sort of problem with the SSL handshake (this error happens *after*
Hobbit managed to connect at the network - TCP/IP - layer, so the
connection to the webserver has been established). It could be a lack of

entropy (randomness) on the Hobbit server so it cannot generate a
session key, but that is just a wild guess - and it doesnt really sound
like something that would happen.


Regards,
Henrik