Secure Connection Failed to Fastmail

NJSS · 12 Dec 2022, 10:51 PM

I am unable to log on from my Windows 11 PC & Firefox, both patched to date; I get the error message:-

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to www.fastmail.com. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).

Error code: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the web site owners to inform them of this problem.

NJSS

Avion · 12 Dec 2022, 10:56 PM

This just reported on Twitter:

Quote:

Tweet from @ralis2000: Is #fastmail down? I get
curl: (35) schannel: next InitializeSecurityContext failed: SEC_E_ILLEGAL_MESSAGE (0x80090326) - This error usually occurs when a fatal SSL/TLS alert is received (e.g. handshake failed). More detail may be available in the Windows System event log.

NJSS · 12 Dec 2022, 10:56 PM

Interesting.

I tried to log on three times over a c. 5 minute period, including rebooting my PC.

Now within a couple of minutes after posting the above I have successfully logged in.

I wonder what the issue was?

NJSS

12 Dec 2022, 10:51 PM	#1
NJSS Master of the @ Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,238	Secure Connection Failed to Fastmail I am unable to log on from my Windows 11 PC & Firefox, both patched to date; I get the error message:- Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to www.fastmail.com. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s). Error code: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the web site owners to inform them of this problem. NJSS

12 Dec 2022, 10:56 PM	#3
NJSS Master of the @ Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,238	Interesting. I tried to log on three times over a c. 5 minute period, including rebooting my PC. Now within a couple of minutes after posting the above I have successfully logged in. I wonder what the issue was? NJSS