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

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Webnet picture Webnet · Mar 29, 2010 · Viewed 317.1k times · Source

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?

Answer

Greg B picture Greg B · Aug 31, 2010

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.

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