SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length Error code ssl error rx record too long

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I followed the official docs on https setup located here  https   help ubuntu com 6 06 ubuntu serverguide C httpd html https-configuration  I had to remove the  CompatEnvVars from  SSLOptions  FakeBasicAuth  ExportCertData  CompatEnvVars  StrictRequire   because it said it was an invalid command or something   So having removed that and following the instructions to the nail it get the error   SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length    Error code  ssl error rx record too long    I m new to SSL  any advice on what s going wrong

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In my case I copied a ssl config from another machine and had the wrong IP in  lt VirtualHost wrong ip addr here 443 gt     Changed IP to what it should be  restarted httpd and the site loaded over SSL as expected

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I used   a2ensite default-ssl   and it worked like a charm    If you want to force e g  phpmyadmin to use SSL https you will run into this problem if this link is missing

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I got the same error after enabling TLSv1 2 in webmin   Right after I enabled TLSv1 2 by accident thinking it was SSLv2  I was not able to log in from https   myipaddress 10000 like I did before   I found this link http   smallbusiness chron com disable-ssl-webmin-miniserv-60053 html and it helped me because I was able to access webmin config file and I was able TLSv1 2

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This error also occurs when you have enabled the SSL module  i e  you have run e g  a2enmod ssl  but not yet enabled any SSL site entries  i e you have not run e g  a2ensite default-ssl

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I had that same error   I forgot to create a link from sites-enabled 000-default-ssl to the sites-available default-ssl file    gt  ln -s  etc apache2 sites-available default-ssl  etc apache2 sites-enabled 000-default-ssl

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Below Solution worked for me    Type About Config in the Address Bar and press Enter      This Might void your warranty     warning will be displayed  click on I   ll be careful  I Promise button   Type security ssl enable ocsp stapling in search box   The value field is true  double click on it to make it false   Now try to connect your website again

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My case is related to Greg B s -- Visual Studio creates two sites when SSL is enabled -- one for secure  and one for normal http requests   However Visual Studio chooses two ports at random  and depending on how you start the debugger you might be pointing towards the wrong page for the request type   Especially if you edit the URL but don t change the port number   Seeing these posts jogged my memory   I know this isn t APACHE related  but it is definitely a page that people with that error will find

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Finally find out the problem  the port 443 was listening on HTTP instead of HTTPS  changed to HTTPS solved my issue

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In my case I accidentally used SSL in the Virtualhost configuration for port 80  instead of 443

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This seems to be the result you see from Firefox when the server is not configured properly for SSL   Chrome  BTW  just gave a generic  ssl failed  code   What happens is that the browser sends a SSL handshake when the server is expecting an HTTP request   Server responds with a 400 code and an error message that is much bigger that the handshake message that the browser expects   Hence the FF message   As we can see from the responses here there are many things that can break the SSL configuration but not stop the server starting or give any hints in error log   What I did was systematically check down all the answers until I finally found the right one   right at the bottom   Here is what I had in the access logs   rfulton actrix co nz 80 192 168 1 3 - -  09 Oct 2016 13 39 32  1300    x16 x03 x01  400 0  -   -  rfulton actrix co nz 80 192 168 1 3 - -  09 Oct 2016 13 39 46  1300    x16 x03 x01  400 0  -   -  rfulton actrix co nz 80 192 168 1 3 - -  09 Oct 2016 13 49 13  1300    x16 x03 x01  400 0  -   -

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In my case  an Ubuntu system  in ports conf I had  NameVirtualHost   80 NameVirtualHost 192 168 1 79 Listen 80   And then  inside   I had  NameVirtualHost   443 Listen 443   All I had to do was remove the line NameVirtualHost 192 168 1 79  Restarted apache and problem solved

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In my case  I needed to install mod ssl first  yum install mod ssl

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I got this error when I was trying to access a url using curl  curl  https   example com 80 some page   The solution was to change https to http curl  http   example com 80 some page

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If you are upgrading from an older version of apache2   make sure your apache sites-available conf files end in  conf and are enabled with a2ensite

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I ve just experienced this issue  For me it appeared when some erroneous code was trying to redirect to HTTPS on port 80   e g      https   example com 80 some page   by removing the port 80 from the url  the redirect works   HTTPS by default runs over port 443

[apache] SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. (Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long)

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