Client times out waiting for ACK with SSL - is ACK delay configurable?

[Russ Allbery]

Michael <micm at melbpc.org.au> writes:

> Using nterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.3.1 (20001023 prerelease)	

> A remote news client using the current Stunnel for SSL authentication
> seems to time out while waiting for an ACK, but the article has been
> posted successfully - is the ACK response delay configurable?  I'm
> wondering if the ACK is very quick and being missed by the remote client
> Stunnel.

That seems unlikely; other commands are faster than a POST and I'd think
you'd run into trouble with other commands.

> Does anyone recall if this is a known problem from 2.3.1 days?

Not off-hand, although I know that I integrated a whole bunch of patches
to the SSL code from someone who knew a lot more about it than I did.

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