I would like to connect to my Postgres 8.3 database using SSL from my XP client using OpenSSL. This works fine without SSL. When I try it with SSL (no client certificate), I get the error:

error:140790E5:SSL routines:SSL23_WRITE:ssl handshake failure

I have followed the instructions in the Postgres manual for SSL including creating a self-signed certificate. In my pg_hba.conf there is a line:

host  dbname  loginname   123.45.67.89/32  md5

The version of OpenSSL on the server is 0.9.8g and on the client is 0.9.8j. I'd appreciate any suggestions for tracking down the problem.

Edit:

The uncommented lines from postgresql.conf are:

data_directory = '/var/ebs0/postgres/main' 
hba_file = '/etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf' 
ident_file = '/etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_ident.conf' 
external_pid_file = '/var/run/postgresql/8.3-main.pid' 
listen_addresses = '*' 
port = 5432 max_connections = 100 
unix_socket_directory = '/var/run/postgresql' 
ssl = true 
shared_buffers = 24MB