[SOLVED] sslv3 alert unexpected message when using soap4r

sslv3 alert unexpected message when using soap4r

I am working against the level3 SOAP API. Everything was working wonderfully until recently when OpenSSL was updated.

Here is the full output of the error message:

OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError (SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv2/v3 read server hello A: sslv3 alert unexpected message):
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient/session.rb:247:in `connect'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient/session.rb:247:in `ssl_connect'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient/session.rb:639:in `connect'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient/timeout.rb:128:in `timeout'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient/session.rb:631:in `connect'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient/session.rb:522:in `query'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient/session.rb:147:in `query'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient.rb:953:in `do_get_block'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient.rb:765:in `do_request'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient.rb:848:in `protect_keep_alive_disconnected'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient.rb:764:in `do_request'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient.rb:666:in `request'
  httpclient (2.1.5.2) lib/httpclient.rb:596:in `post'
  /Users/glanotte/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302/gems/soap4r-1.5.8/lib/soap/streamHandler.rb:238:in `send_post'
  /Users/glanotte/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302/gems/soap4r-1.5.8/lib/soap/streamHandler.rb:172:in `send'
  /Users/glanotte/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302/gems/soap4r-1.5.8/lib/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:179:in `route'
  /Users/glanotte/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302/gems/soap4r-1.5.8/lib/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:143:in `call'
  /Users/glanotte/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302/gems/soap4r-1.5.8/lib/soap/rpc/driver.rb:181:in `call'
    (eval):6:in `validateSLServiceAvailability'

The error is very similar to the error reported here:

http://dev.ctor.org/http-access2/ticket/223

the solution that the person who opened the above was "I fixed this by passing in SSL::OP_NO_TICKET as an option to SSLConfig." I have tried to do this by:

object = WsdlToRubyPortType.new
object.options['client.protocol.http.ssl_config.options'] = OpenSSL::SSL::OP_NO_TICKET

I have tried the following as well:

object.options['client.protocol.http.ssl_config.options'] = "OpenSSL::SSL::OP_NO_TICKET"
object.options['client.protocol.http.ssl_config.options'] = "SSL::OP_NO_TICKET"

The results are identical and the error message persists. I have tried adding a line to the soap/property file but it is not recognized as a valid option by the httpconfigloader.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am completely stuck. I feel the answer is obvious but cannot see it.

Solution

We ended up dropping soap4r, it is severely out of date. Switching libraries, while not ideal, solved the problem. For anyone running into issues similar to this, I recommend switching to savon. It was actually easier than I thought it would be