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Apache - Troubleshooting - Page can not be displayed error on ie

Error

Apache and Microsoft Internet Explorer seem to have a problem with not handling Persistant Connections correctly over https using http/1.1.

If using a scripting language like PHP or ASP (chillisoft) on Apache, sometimes the Page cannot be displayed error is shown on posts to other pages.

Fix

Add this line into the httpd.conf file, in the section for the SSL virtual host.

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0

NOTE: Keep it all on one line!

Here is the full section from an Apache version 1.3 Apache.conf file.

apache.conf
##
## SSL Virtual Host Context
##
 
 
ServerAdmin webmaster@nowhere.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/nowhere.com
    ServerName www.nowhere.com
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/nowhere.com-error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/nowhere.com-access_log combined
    SSLEngine on
    SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
    SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL
    SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/www.nowhere.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/www.nowhere.com.key