FS#31531 - [openssl]Boinc unable to download from project WCG
Attached to Project:
Arch Linux
Opened by Mark H (Peaceseeker) - Thursday, 13 September 2012, 16:41 GMT
Last edited by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Sunday, 03 March 2013, 10:49 GMT
Opened by Mark H (Peaceseeker) - Thursday, 13 September 2012, 16:41 GMT
Last edited by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Sunday, 03 March 2013, 10:49 GMT
|
Details
Description:
Boinc seems to have problems downloading 'work units' from 'http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/', and OpenSSL 1.0.1c seems to be the cause. WCG requires a secure connection. I managed to workaround the problem by configuring and re-compiling the current OpenSSL package with the option '-DOPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH=50'. Ubuntu has a bug report about the issue here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/+bug/986147, and compiles with this in the latest versions of their OpenSSL package. Additional info: More information is available in this forum discussion: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1160190#p1160190. This problem effects the functionality of the boinc package for me, and at least one other confirmed user, although no other Archlinux users have reported anything yet, I do suspect this other forum post could be a possible third user effected: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=144073. Steps to reproduce: Install boinc from community repo, add 'world community project', downloads never complete, and stay at 0%. |
This task depends upon
Comment by
Paul Gideon Dann (giddie) - Tuesday,
05 February 2013, 10:32 GMT
Comment by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) -
Sunday, 17 February 2013, 10:56 GMT
Comment by k2_8191 (k2_8191) -
Sunday, 17 February 2013, 11:03 GMT
Comment by
Kaur Männamaa (kaurman) - Sunday,
17 February 2013, 12:22 GMT
Comment by Mark H (Peaceseeker) -
Sunday, 03 March 2013, 10:47 GMT
I can confirm that this tweak fixes the issue of using BOINC with
World Community Grid. I run BOINC on several servers, and I had
been wondering for the last few months why they weren't able to
download work units any more. Thanks for finding the fix.
Is this issue fixed with openssl-1.0.1.e-2?
At least for my environments, the issue have fixed, as I posted in
here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1233128#p1233128
Yup, I can confirm the same. Tasks downloaded without any issues.
I have been using the latest openssl to date (openssl-1.0.1.e-3),
and so far no connection problems have occurred, I can only assume
the removal of all TLS workarounds has helped, one other
confirmation in the above mentioned forum thread supports this. I
consider this bug fixed, unless anyone else is still having
problems?.