On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Marc Roy Olsen wrote:

> cURL on the one that works: curl 7.15.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.15.1
> OpenSSL/0.9.7j zlib/1.2.3
> cURL on the one that do not: curl 7.17.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.17.1
> OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3

[...]

> * SSLv3, TLS alert, Client hello (1):
> * Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to my_https_site:30001
> * Closing connection #0
> curl: (35) Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to my_https_site:30001

[...]

> I'm a little confused if this is a openssl error, a certificat on my part or
> because the remote host(the https site i pull from) has there ssl setup
> wrong.

I don't see how this is certificate-related at all, but yes it does seem to be
openssl-related.

Have you tried to connect to this server using the openssl tool only? If that
doesn't work it certainly is an openssl bug. If it does work, the bug is
certain in libcurl and not in openssl.

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