Solved: Apache SSL virtual host says "\x16\x03\x01"

When setting up a second SSL Apache virtual host, you may be frustrated when your browser can't connect and tells you something like

Safari can't establish a secure connection to the server "servername"


In your ssl_request_log you see baffling entries like this:

"\x16\x03\x01" 240
"\x16\x03" 240


This is because you have forgotten to enable SSL for your virtual host with the following:

SSLEngine on


You'll probably need some other SSL-based directives in there, too.

Reference:

http://www.noah.org/wiki/Apache2_Invalid_method_in_request_%5Cx16%5Cx03%5Cx01