Re: [libmicrohttpd] Problems with libmicrohttpd and IE7/IE8 on WinXP

[Christian Grothoff]

Dear Gerrit,

As it has been mentioned on the mailinglist in the recent past, there are 
known issues with SSL (and in particular with IE).  At this point, I am not 
aware of a solution (other than starting a longer hacking session on the 
MHD/GNUtls code).

Best,

Christian

On Sunday 20 June 2010 16:40:20 Gerrit Telkamp wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem using a libmicrohttpd application with HTTPS: I'm not
> able to open the page with the Internet Explorer (IE7, IE8) on Windows XP.
> Other browsers (Firefox, Opera, Safari) are working well with the same
> application.
> 
> MHD always gives the following message
> "Error: unrecognized TLS message type: 128, connection state: secure
> connection init. l: 254, f: MHD_tls_connection_handle_read "
> 
> I've found out that the IEs on WinXP are not supporting AES-256, but
> they support AES-128.
> The option MHD_GNUTLS_CIPHER_ARCFOUR_128 (instad of
> MHD_OPTION_CIPHER_ALGORITHM) does not help.
> The same certificate and key files works on ther servers with IE, so it
> seems to me that it is a problem with libmicrohttpd.
> 
> Is there someone who got libmicrohttps successfully working with SSL on
> IE browsers?
> Are there any other options to be set?
> 
> Thank you for your help,
> 
> Gerrit.
> 
> Versions:
> - libmicrohttpd: version 0.4.5
> - gcc version: 4.4.3, target: arm-none-linux-gnueabi
> 
> Compiling options:
> ./configure --prefix=/arm --host=arm-none-linux-gnueabi
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/arm --host=arm-none-linux-gnueabi
>              --disable-dev-random --with-gpg-error-prefix=/arm
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/arm --host=arm-none-linux-gnueabi
>              --enable-largefile --enable-messages --enable-https
>              --enable-client-side --disable-coverage
>              --with-libgcrypt-prefix=/arm