XP Pro can't connect to SSL sites?

Nighthawk · December 14th, 2001, 04:56 PM

I just installed WinXP Pro, and can connect to the internet (obviously), but I cannot connect to any website that uses SSL.

The error I always get is the dreaded "Cannot find server or DNS error". When I ping the name, the ping command will resolve it and ping happily away, so I know that it isn't the DNS server and that the server is up, but I don't really know what else to do.

Any ideas? I have all SSL-specific options in IE 6 turned off, so it isn't checking for certificate revocations. I'm at 128-bit encryption (default).

Thanks!

SammyJ · December 14th, 2001, 06:31 PM

What are you using to connect to the internet?

AzKidd69 · December 14th, 2001, 06:44 PM

I had this same problem show up on a computer not too long ago that crossed my doorstep..

The only thing I can think of is to make sure that the SSL 2.0 and 3.0 are enabled and tls is disabled.. That fixed it in my case...

Nighthawk · December 14th, 2001, 07:08 PM

SammyJ, I'm connected through the university Ethernet connection. I have a screenshot showing a download of Visual Interdev SP5 from Microsoft going at 844kb/sec

AzKidd, the two SSL checkboxes were checked and TSL was disabled (as is default). I checked the box for TLS (so SSL 2, 3, and TLS were all enabled) and it started working.

Strange that it didn't work by default...

Thank you for your idea!