Exception running boost asio ssl example

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I'm trying to run the SSL examples from boost::asio and I'm getting an "Invalid argument" exception when I run them. I'm on Linux x86_64.

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_1/doc/html/boost_asio/example/ssl/client.cpp

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_1/doc/html/boost_asio/example/ssl/server.cpp

Compiled with:

g++ server.cpp -o server -lboost_system -lssl
g++ client.cpp -o client -lboost_system -lssl

Run like:

$ ./server 
Usage: server <port>
$ ./server 10000
Exception: Invalid argument
$ ./server 1000
Exception: Permission denied
$ sudo ./server 1000
Exception: Invalid argument

Not sure what the problem is :( Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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3 Answers

When following the answer of @Shootfast an error appered: 'bad SSL configuration: use_certificate_chain_file: ee key too small'

Changing the first line:

openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024

to:

openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048

fixed it for me.

After that I got the error: 'bad SSL configuration: use_private_key_file: no start line' the reason and solution to this is explained here: solution (It is more or less the reason for the last command of @Shootfast answer.)

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