I have installed Apache 2.0.53 with SSL on my Windows XP machine. I am trying to troubleshoot an issue where the server becomes unresponsive for a few moments every once in a while. One strange thing I've noticed in my log files is that whenever Apache starts, the logs indicate that SSL is starting 4 times. SSL is configured in my httpd.conf file like this: <IfModule mod_ssl.c> SSLRandomSeed startup builtin SSLSessionCache none </IfModule> ## Section 3: Virtual Hosts #Set up Virtual Host for SSL <VirtualHost myIPAddress:443> ServerName myComputer ErrorLog logs/SSLerror_log.log TransferLog logs/SSLaccess_log.log SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0 SSLEngine On SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/myComputer.cert SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/myComputer.key </VirtualHost> My SSLerror_log.log file looks like this after starting Apache: [date 13:17:29] [info] Loading certificate & private key of SSL-aware server [date 13:17:29] [info] Configuring server for SSL protocol [date 13:17:29] [info] Loading certificate & private key of SSL-aware server [date 13:17:30] [info] Configuring server for SSL protocol [date 13:17:30] [info] Loading certificate & private key of SSL-aware server [date 13:17:30] [info] Configuring server for SSL protocol [date 13:17:31] [info] Loading certificate & private key of SSL-aware server [date 13:17:31] [info] Configuring server for SSL protocol The error.log file also indicates this by saying the following 4 times: Init: Initializing OpenSSL library Init: Seeding PRNG with 136 bytes of entropy Init: Generating temporary RSA private keys (512/1024 bits) Init: Generating temporary DH parameters (512/1024 bits) Init: Initializing (virtual) servers for SSL Server: Apache/2.0.53, Interface: mod_ssl/2.0.53, Library: OpenSSL/0.9.7e before it says: Child 6080: Child process is running Parent: Duplicating socket 196 and sending it to child process 6080 Parent: Duplicating socket 192 and sending it to child process 6080 Child 6080: Acquired the start mutex. Child 6080: Starting 250 worker threads. Child 6080: Listening on port 443. Child 6080: Listening on port 80. Is this normal that the SSL info shows up 4 times in my log files? This happens on a few test machines that I have configured. Thanks in advance for the input! --Floor --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx