Date: 2008jan30
Q. I setup SSL with Apache.
It looks OK but when I browse to my site with Firefox I get
"<hostname> has sent an incorrect or unexpected message. Error code -12263".
What's up?
A. Your browser is talking SSL but your site isn't. As proof try
going to port 443 (the SSL port) using a regular (unencrypted) connection:
http://www.example.com:443
(Replace www.example.com with the actual name of your host, of course)
You'll probably see your site fine.
The problem is this line in your /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf file:
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
Its not acting as you would expect. Instead its doing nothing.
So everything inside the <VirtualHost> is ignored!
Change it to the actual name of your host.
<VirtualHost www.example.com:443>
And it'll work.
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