[ale] I'm totally stumped with an ssl connection error

Dustin Strickland dustin.h.strickland at gmail.com
Sat Feb 13 20:25:08 EST 2016


That was my first thought but it seems the site is accepting
SSLv3(sadface), TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2. Per chance, is there another
virtualhost you've configured to use HTTPS?

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible the server is using encryption methods now deemed
> unsuitable and some browsers are flagging that as a connection error?
> On Feb 13, 2016 5:39 PM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I help maintain a site to support the Georgia Amateur Radio Emergency
>> Service.  Last week it started tossing an ssl connection error,
>> ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR after having run with (almost) no issues for
>> months.  I'm running apache on Ubuntu server.  It's a virtual host along
>> side of another ARRL site.  I'm forcing it to use SSL via
>>
>> RedirectPermanent / https://gaares.org/
>>
>> In the apache2 configuration file.  I was running with a certificate from
>> China, like Wofat or something but it was failing with FF, so I got a
>> Comodo cert and installed it, however the error started happening a few
>> days before I did that.  I thought maybe a new cert might help but it
>> doesn't.
>>
>> Here's the rub.  I have 3 computers running Linux, two with Mint, one
>> with Centos.  I also have Windows 10 running in a VM.  All the Linux boxes
>> work fine with Chrome and FF.  Edge works fine on W10. My LG phone fails.
>> My friend has tested IE 11, Edge and Linux Chrome, they all fail.  Linux FF
>> works fine for him as does Safari on his phone.
>>
>> There are a few others that have reported the same issue.
>>
>> I have restarted Apache, rebooted the server and tested the DNS, the SSL
>> and looked at blacklists using various tools I've found on the web.
>> Everything I do tells me the site is healthy.  I've exhausted my knowledge
>> and am appealing for help.
>>
>> Google gives me page after page of how to fix it by tinkering with the
>> browser, but I can't figure out how multiple people can have browser issues
>> at the same time.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>> Jim.
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