Updated SSL codes

Hélio de Brito senaqueribe14 at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 18 16:06:29 UTC 2014


My dear, check the date and time of your system... I had the same 
problem because my system time was outdated.

Best regards

Hélio de Brito

On 18-11-2014 14:18, GaryTaig wrote:
> On 18/11/14 04:23, Nils Kassube wrote:
>
>> GaryT wrote:
>>> Does anyone know how/from where I can upgrade my SSL codes on FireFox
>>> (v20) without having to completely reinstall it?
>>> Most web sites apparently have new security codes and my SSL is now
>>> out of date.  The following message comes up every time.  It's
>>> annoying to say the least.
>
>> I think it looks more like firefox demands more secure algorithms than
>> the website offers. To me this looks like a firefox error message:
>
> Nils, I mentioned this to a computer shop owner a few days ago and he 
> suggested it had to do with an increase in security levels. He had 
> given new codes for his web site some days earlier and when I read the 
> message to him over the phone his opinion was that the message was  
> associated with that increased security.
>
> It sounded right also, because one of the blocks I've encountered was 
> Telstra - never had a problem in the past.  Another was Paypal, I've 
> never has any issues with PayPal but several days ago I was blocked 
> from going to the PayPal site.
>
> But you are right, it definitely is a FireFox message. It's FF telling 
> me it cannot connect. I concluded FF really did need new security codes.
> The computer shop fellow suggested reinstall the latest FFox. No time 
> for that at present.
> GT
>
>
>>> Secure Connection Failed
>>> An error occurred during a connection to www.xxxxxxxx.com.
>>>
>>> Cannot communicate securely with peer:
>>>        no common encryption algorithm(s).
>>>
>>>         (Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)
>>>
>>> The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the
>>> authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
>>>
>>> Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.
>>> Alternatively, use the command found in the help menu to report this
>>> broken site.
>>
>> Especially the last paragraph talks about the help menu which wouldn't
>> make sense if the error comes from the web site - after all they can't
>> know if there is something in the manual.
>>
>>
>> Nils
>>
>>
>
>





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