Re: [Exim] Zero data TLS blocks?

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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A: David
CC: exim-users
Assumpte: Re: [Exim] Zero data TLS blocks?
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 David@??? wrote:

> I'm a little bit of a man in the middle with this one so sorry if I sound
> vague.


Not a nice position to be in.

> > OK, we checked the code: there is only one situation when the SMTP
> > module can generate this error - when the low-level routine returns 0
> > read bytes. It can happen only if the sender has sent a TLS block with
> > zero data.


> Would this actually be exim's problem or not?


I don't think so, because for TLS, Exim uses a separate library. The
current version of Exim supports only OpenSSL (though a patch for GnuTLS
has been posted).

I guess the only way to check would be to put a trace on the wire.

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