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Re: iceweasel 8.0 www.bsi.de triggers "The connection was reset"



On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:08:38 +0100
Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> wrote:

> Hello Hugo,
> 
> thank you for your investigation. Meanwhile I also tried to load
> http://www.bsi.de with iceweasel 7.0 with the same result.
> And also "wget" is unable to download the web-page.
> 
>   wget -d https://www.bsi.de
> 
> results in "GnuTLS: A TLS fatal alert has been received." among
> others.

It could be something like that.
In an effort to get away from the recent SSL compromise, they might
have upgraded access to TLS1.1 or 1.2, not understanding that
the majority of browsers aren't capable of more than SSL3 or TLS1.
Regards,

Weaver.

-- 
"In a world without walls and fences, 
what need have we for Windows or Gates?"
-Anon.


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