Symptoms
When performing a large commit to VisualSVN Server over the HTTPS protocol, the Subversion client sometimes fails with the following error message:
The above error message can also occur for other Subversion operations with massive throughput (such as svnsync).
Cause
In most cases the problem is caused by the OpenSSL library bug on the client side. This issue is resolved in the OpenSSL 0.9.8m release.
Resolution
Upgrade your Subversion client to the version built agains OpenSSL 0.9.8m or later.
Workaround
If you are unable to upgrade your Subversion client, you can workaround this problem by disabling TLSv1 protocol support in VisualSVN Server. Please include the following string into the %VISUALSVN_SERVER%\conf\httpd-custom.conf configuration file and then restart the VisualSVN Server: