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

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Sat Feb 13 19:27:05 EST 2016


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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