Constant 'TimeoutException: Timeout Exception' traceback emails from Red Hat Satellite Proxy.

Issue

• Traceback emails from proxy server:

Exception type <class 'rhn.SSL.TimeoutException'>

Exception Handler Information
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/rhn/proxy/rhnProxyAuth.py", line 235, in login
    token = server.proxy.login(self.__systemid)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 654, in __call__
    return self._send(self._name, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 386, in _request
    self._handler, request, verbose=self._verbose)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 171, in request
    headers, fd = req.send_http(host, handler)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 725, in send_http
    response = self._connection.getresponse()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/connections.py", line 130, in getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 391, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 349, in _read_status
    line = self.fp.readline()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/SSL.py", line 273, in readline
    self._poll(select.POLLIN, 'readline')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/SSL.py", line 204, in _poll
    raise TimeoutException, "Connection timed out on %s" % caller_name
TimeoutException: Timeout Exception