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F5beginner_3849
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Apr 04, 2019

SSL Handshake failed

Hello, I have a problem with lot of logs with warning level:

 

warning F5 01260013 SSL Handshake failed for TCP

 

This logs bellow are not so often as above log:

 

warning f5 01260009 Connection error: ssl_hs_rxhello:10025: unsupported version (40)

 

warning f5 01260009 Connection error: ssl_select_suite:9300: TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV with a lower protocol (86)

 

I have already tried debug level on SSL, but only logs which I can see are from warning level. It looks clients do not have any issues. I have more than 2000 connections.

 

I know there are lot of threads about this issue, but no one of them hepled me.

 

Thank you

 

  • Hi F5Beginner,

     

    if your Virtual Server is faced in the internet, those logs are pretty much normal. Lots of crawlers/bots are running around and trying some silly stuff...

     

    warning f5 01260009 Connection error: ssl_hs_rxhello:10025: unsupported version (40)

     

    Someone has tried to establish a TLS/SSL session with your box, but did not support your allowed TLS versions.

     

    warning f5 01260009 Connection error: ssl_select_suite:9300: TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV with a lower protocol (86)

     

    Most likely a automated test to see if you handle TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV correctly (aka. Poodle attacks).

     

    Cheers, Kai

     

  • i too see this warning "SSL Handshake failed for TCP" in 13.x but dont see any impact as i see the connections successful establishing from same clients for which this warning is coming, it seems like 13.x logging more messages but no concrete clue so far!