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Hello All,
Looking for a little help with my SSL settings. I am using ' news.usenetserver.com ' and when I start a file I get this:

[19:58:15] ERROR InterSocket - SSL Connection Failed:0
[19:58:15] ERROR InterSocket - Error: SSL Negotiation Failed, Host: news.usenetserver.com Error Code: 0

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanx, In Advance

wally

http://usenetserver.com/en/encrypted.php

You'll need to change the server you're pointing to...

DT

I am pointing to the correct server addy. I've been talking with Jeff and Derrick at news.usenet.server.com support. They now think it is because of how NewsBin Pro handles compressed headers. When looking at the log file it shows this:

[20:47:37] HIGH - High Speed File Creation Mode: Enabled
[20:51:35] HIGH InterSocket - SSL Zlib Compression Added
[20:51:35] ERROR InterSocket - SSL Connection Failed:0
[20:51:35] ERROR InterSocket - Error: SSL Negotiation Failed, Host: news.usenetserver.com Error Code: 0
[20:51:37] HIGH InterSocket - SSL Zlib Compression Added
[20:51:37] HIGH InterSocket - SSL Zlib Compression Added
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - MODE READER
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - MODE READER
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - 200 news.usenetserver.com Welcome! (fed15.iad) (Posting Allowed)[/color]
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - XFEATURE COMPRESS GZIP
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - 200 news.usenetserver.com Welcome! (fed15.iad) (Posting Allowed)
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - XFEATURE COMPRESS GZIP
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - 290 Feature Enabled
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - ARTICLE <1317159144.84929.1@eu.news.astraweb.com>

It appears to them that the handshake occurs 3 seconds into the request. So everything is as it should be???

Set it to a single connection and watch it. You clearly have multiple connections and one or more is failing to connect. Log messages intermix when you have multiple connections. You can't really tell which connect is which from these logs. I think it looks like a connection failed and then newsbin tried again and it worked the second time.

[20:51:35] ERROR InterSocket - SSL Connection Failed:0
[20:51:35] ERROR InterSocket - Error: SSL Negotiation Failed, Host: news.usenetserver.com Error Code: 0

Has nothing to do with compressed headers. It's happening before a connection is even really established. If they want to post here or email. I'll work with them.

20:51:35]
HIGH InterSocket - SSL Zlib Compression Added
[20:51:35] ERROR InterSocket - SSL Connection Failed:0
[20:51:35] ERROR InterSocket - Error: SSL Negotiation Failed, Host: news.usenetserver.com Error Code: 0
[20:51:37] HIGH InterSocket - SSL Zlib Compression Added
[20:51:37] HIGH InterSocket - SSL Zlib Compression Added

This shows 3 connections making a connections.

[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - MODE READER
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - MODE READER
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - 200 news.usenetserver.com Welcome! (fed15.iad) (Posting Allowed)[/color]
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - XFEATURE COMPRESS GZIP
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - 200 news.usenetserver.com Welcome! (fed15.iad) (Posting Allowed)
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - XFEATURE COMPRESS GZIP
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - 290 Feature Enabled
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - ARTICLE <1317159144.84929.1@eu.news.astraweb.com>

This shows that 2 of the 3 connections worked.

[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - XFEATURE COMPRESS GZIP
[20:51:37] HIGH NNTPSocket - 200 news.usenetserver.com Welcome! (fed15.iad) (Posting Allowed)

Is Newsbin telling the server "I accept compressed headers".

You're not actually downloading headers here so, compression isn't even turned on.

Thank you so much. I am a Noob here so everything is important. My final realization was, I looked at the log and saw exactly what you are saying. My major concern was if the SSL connection failed, it would try at port 119 which is not SSL.
Guess I freaked out over nothing. Having PTSD & Bipolar does that to me.

Just to be clear. If you set newsbin to use SSL, it will ONLY connect SSL. Or it'll fail and not connect. I suspect this 3rd connection eventually re-connected and worked fine. I've seen stuff like this before where one or more SSL connection fail on the initial connection. I've even seen it with Giganews though not recently, I wonder if there's simply some timing thing banging on the server with N connections at once?

Sorry for digging it out ^^

So: If i get the errors but after that Newsbin starts the downlaods successfully (assuming ist set to SSL) it is DEFINATELY an SSL connection. And just the first conenction attemps went wrong for whatever reason? Id be happy with that than ^^