SSL connection error for only one site (of many) on server

Posted by Matt Lacey on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Matt Lacey
Published on 2011-01-06T11:42:24Z Indexed on 2011/01/06 11:55 UTC
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I have a server running many websites, each with SSL.
One of the sites is now refusing connections over SSL. This was previously working and I'm looking for assistance in determining what has been changed.

Here's the situation:
http://site1.com/ - works
https://site1.com/ - works
http://site2.com/ - works
https://site2.com/ - Doesn't work (but did previously)

Both sites are on the same server (Win Server 2003 SP2 - IIS6)

Both sites use certificates from the same authority and are both valid (according to IIS).

As far as I can tell, both sites have certificates configured identically in IIS. (Checked by a manual/visual check of properties, side by side)

Through use of OpenSSL I can see that there's a "ssl handshake failure" when trying to connect to site2 using https.

What could be the cause of this?

How can I investigate further?

Without SSL connections being available to this site, users are unable to log in or register. :(

disclaimer: I'm not a server admin and not responsible for the box. Yes, there are wider issues here but I need to get this working again first.

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