Good afternoon,

I am running Synchronet v3.19 for Windows. I have all been running with no issues until today or possibly yesterday. The web client hands up when trying to connect using the connect via telnet button.

The services have all worked, and the rest still do. This is the only known issue I am aware of. This could have been going on longer that just a few days. (I don't normally connect in this fashion) I use ssh, rlogin, or regular telnet.

Any ideas/thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Jerry (Stingray)
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Re: Web Client
By: StingRay to all on Fri Sep 20 2024 11:37 am

I am running Synchronet v3.19 for Windows. I have all been running with no issues until today or possibly yesterday. The web client hands up when trying to connect using the connect via telnet button.

The "web client" is fTelnet. fTelnet uses WebSockets to communicate with the terminal (Telnet) server. So your Synchronet web socket services (one for secure connections, one for non-secure) need to be working (they are by default) and the appropriate ports open in your firewall/gateway and/or port-forwarded to your BBS.
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First, thank you for the quick reply.

I will have to dive deeper. All ports are open and firewall open. Everything was working fine and so far, the ftelnet is the only thing not currently working to my knowledge.

I have backups so I will try restoring if I can not figure it out.

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Re: Web Client
By: StingRay to Digital Man on Fri Sep 20 2024 11:58 am

First, thank you for the quick reply.

I will have to dive deeper. All ports are open and firewall open. Everything was working fine and so far, the ftelnet is the only thing not currently working to my knowledge.

I have backups so I will try restoring if I can not figure it out.

backups will only help if you used to work fine, but now does not. So, that may not be the best plan.

Have you checked your services log output for connections to the web socket service(s) at the same time you're trying to use ftelnet?
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All systems had been running perfectly. I just got a wild hair and tried to log in today via web client and realized it was not working.

I just checked the log when trying to connect.

Fri Sep 20 14:51:41 2024 master/a2a9dc027 a-net-online.lol
srvc 2252 WSS TLS ERROR 'Data has not been initialised' (-11) setting session active

Fri Sep 20 14:51:41 2024 master/a2a9dc027 a-net-online.lol
srvc 1864 WSS TLS ERROR 'Data has not been initialised' (-11) setting session active

So, I assume the issue is going to be greater than I initially thought?

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Re: Web Client
By: StingRay to Digital Man on Fri Sep 20 2024 12:11 pm

All systems had been running perfectly. I just got a wild hair and tried to log in today via web client and realized it was not working.

I just checked the log when trying to connect.

Fri Sep 20 14:51:41 2024 master/a2a9dc027 a-net-online.lol
srvc 2252 WSS TLS ERROR 'Data has not been initialised' (-11) setting session active

Fri Sep 20 14:51:41 2024 master/a2a9dc027 a-net-online.lol
srvc 1864 WSS TLS ERROR 'Data has not been initialised' (-11) setting session active

So, I assume the issue is going to be greater than I initially thought?

WSS service is the "Web Sockets Secure" service, so it's trying to use TLS (transation layer security, the same security system used to provide the [s] security in HTTPS). Looks like incoming TLS to the WSS isn't working. But https connections to your web server are working okay?
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That is correct. HTTPS web connections are working, ssh and mail TLS are working as well.

That is what I found to be odd. Every service as been up and running for 20 days. I tried a system reboot & restarted my fiber router. Still the only thing I am finding to not work or "hang up" is the ftelnet when trying to use from the web client.

SSL is showing active and correct.

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Re: Web Client
By: StingRay to Digital Man on Fri Sep 20 2024 12:45 pm

That is correct. HTTPS web connections are working, ssh and mail TLS are working as well.

That is what I found to be odd. Every service as been up and running for 20 days. I tried a system reboot & restarted my fiber router. Still the only thing I am finding to not work or "hang up" is the ftelnet when trying to use from the web client.

SSL is showing active and correct.

Strange. I have no immediate ideas.
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I'll keep reading forums and digging in to it this afternoon.
Thanks again for your quick responses! Much appreciated!

-Jerry (StingRay)

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The log line you pasted indicates it's a TLS error, but not sure why the cert would work for https but not wss.

Does port 443 connect directly to Synchronet, or are you also running IIS and reverse proxying to Synchronet?

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Re: Web Client
By: StingRay to Digital Man on Fri Sep 20 2024 12:11:47

I just got a wild hair...

Then comb it! :)

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