The ssl library again

[Dave Cragg]

On 25 May 2006, at 23:38, Dave Cragg wrote:
>
> I just tried a few https urls and got timeouts about 30-50% of the  
> time on OS X 10.4.6 (on an intel mac-mini) with all the latest OS  
> updates. On my XP machine, I'm not getting timeouts.

A little more information.

I'm seeing the timeouts on OS X 10.4.6 (intel and ppc) with Rev  
versions back to 2.5, which was when SSL support was added.

I see similar timeouts with libUrlSetSSLVerification set to both true  
and false. (I'm using a certificate when set to true.)

The timeout frequency seems to vary by url. For example, https:// 
www.google.com/ rarely times out here. However, this url gives a 302  
redirect response, and the redirect is a regular http connection. So  
very little data is coming back over the secure socket.

It seems the secure socket is being opened OK (at least the Rev  
engine thinks so), and the timeouts are occurring on the first read  
immediately after writing the request. This suggests the problem is  
in the engine, as libUrl behaves the same at this stage for both  
secure and non-secure connections. (I'm just escaping responsibility  
here.)

I'd be interested to hear if the problem occurs with an older   
version of OS X (pre-10.4.6).

Sorry, Mark, as I doubt any of this helps you.

Cheers
Dave