[Bug 1864689] Re: openssl in 20.04 can't connect to site that was fine in 19.10 and is fine in Chrome and Firefox

[Gordon Lack]

>> You can override this via command-line, a system config file, or a
local config file + environment variable pointing to it.

Some hints as to how to achieve that "local config file + environment variable" would be extremely useful.
I've tried it and got nowhere, although I know that setting SECLEVEL=1 would fix my immediate problem, as I can set it on a command line for openssl s_client.

See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/+bug/1878519

Forcing a minimum SECLEVEL of 2 by default is fine, but there has to be
some-way of letting users reduce this when they are talking to external
services, or providing services for external clients that cannot, for
some reason,change at the moment.

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Title:
  openssl in 20.04 can't connect to site that was fine in 19.10 and is
  fine in Chrome and Firefox

Status in OpenSSL:
  Unknown
Status in openssl package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  openssl in Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) refuses to connect to a web site that
  openssl in Ubuntu 19.10 (eoan), Chrome, and Firefox are all happy to
  connect to.

  Reproduce with: `curl -v https://www.toodledo.com/'

  or: `openssl s_client -connect www.toodledo.com:443`

  or: `python3 -c 'import requests;
  requests.get("https://www.toodledo.com/")'`

  or: `wget https://www.toodledo.com/`

  These worked in Ubuntu 19.10 and don't work in 20.04.

  I've tried all sorts of things to debug this further and I've just run
  into walls. I hope someone who understands more about this stuff will
  be able to figure it out.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: openssl 1.1.1d-2ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu18
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Feb 25 13:01:22 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-16 (192 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  SourcePackage: openssl
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-31 (25 days ago)

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