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SSL error no cypher overlap

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Yeah, it just popped up again, and it is indeed the same error:
forums.anandtech.com uses security technology that is outdated and vulnerable to attack. An attacker could easily reveal information which you thought to be safe.
Advanced info: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP
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We've made very little headway on this issue. We're unable to reproduce it on our end in any way, and our network admin can't find any issues in our DNS setup.

He's requested that anybody encountering this issue run the following command:

(linux) dig +trace +additional forums.anandtech.com
(windows) nslookup -query=any anandtech.com
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If you could please do that and PM me your results (a screenshot will do if you can't get the text), I'll forward them along and see what he can make of them.
 
Yay! I'm not alone anymore!

I'll try to remember to do that test in a few hours.
 
Given that it's intermittent for me, I'll run those next time I hit the error and see if it's any different than when I don't.
 
Much appreciated, guys. We'd really like to resolve this problem and any leads you guys can provide will help. Many thanks, particularly to @Ken g6, for all your patience on this!
 
nslookup output sent.
hope you guys see something in it, let me know if you think of anything else you would care to see.
 
i had looked at the advanced part of the error and the ssl certificate was not for anandtech.

come to think of it the only time i had that issue was at work.

different isp... i wonder if they are trying to inject ads?
 
master_shake_ said:
i had looked at the advanced part of the error and the ssl certificate was not for anandtech.

come to think of it the only time i had that issue was at work.

different isp... i wonder if they are trying to inject ads?
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The new forums look to be using a CDN. Maybe you're getting the cert for Edgecast instead of the AnandTech cert?
 
master_shake_ said:
New i had looked at the advanced part of the error and the ssl certificate was not for anandtech.
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That's not the issue I'm having. The error message I get doesn't have an "Advanced" button to click. 🙁 I've already complained to Mozilla about the lack of such a button in Firefox.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I got it a few times too, it looks like the cert is for some akamai sites or something? Did AT get hacked?
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That's a different error. My error seems to have gone away since the slowness issue was fixed on Thursday. 🙂
 
For anybody else who has run into the SSL error, can you confirm for me whether it's still a problem or not? Appears to have been resolved for Ken g6.
 
Titillating said:
For anybody else who has run into the SSL error, can you confirm for me whether it's still a problem or not? Appears to have been resolved for Ken g6.
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It's hard to say if it's fixed since it was so intermittent - only saw it happen once myself.
Can you say what changes were made on your end?
 
KillerBee said:
It's hard to say if it's fixed since it was so intermittent - only saw it happen once myself.
Can you say what changes were made on your end?
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None to my knowledge, which is why I'm trying to get confirmation from users who have seen this error (because we haven't, at all). It's a head-scratcher.
 
here's is the ssl error i get

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^ Yep that's the one I got too. It's random though, like I might get it once, then hit refresh and it's gone. Though for a while it was doing it for maybe like 5-10 min (only tried for a short time).
 
That's clearly a CDN SSL, the "no cypher" one I was getting explicitly referenced forums.anandtech.com, whereas that screenshot is for Akamai.

So for today I haven't seen recurrence of the no cypher error.
 
Titillating said:
None to my knowledge, which is why I'm trying to get confirmation from users who have seen this error (because we haven't, at all). It's a head-scratcher.
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In case you missed the other thread check out this article
Here's the same problem from that same akamai.net ( 2 and 1/2 years ago)
http://www.zdnet.com/article/akamais-https-fail-sets-a-bad-example/


ironically just started seeing this error now again
The certificate is only valid for the following names: a248.e.akamai.net, *.akamaihd.net, *.akamaihd-staging.net, *.akamaized.net, *.akamaized-staging.net
 
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