[CentOS] NSS update issues.

Tue Dec 9 22:22:11 UTC 2014
Chris Stone <axisml at gmail.com>

Lamar,

Try installing the Firefox 'SSL Version Control' add-on. Had this issue
with Fedora 20 and install this add-on and set it to TLS 1.0.


Chris

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Lamar Owen <lowen at pari.edu> wrote:

> Ran into a bit of a sticky wicket today.  And for reasons that should be
> obvious it was a bit difficult to google for a solution, so I backed out
> the upgrade.  So I'm hoping someone here has seen and fixed this already.
>
> System: CentOS 7, fully updated.  After the nss updates in the past day or
> so, visiting https://www.google.com with Firefox results in the following
> error screen:
> Secure Connection Failed
>
> An error occurred during a connection to www.google.com. The server
> rejected the handshake because the client downgraded to a lower TLS version
> than the server supports. (Error code: ssl_error_inappropriate_
> fallback_alert)
>
>     The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the
> authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
>     Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.
> Alternatively, use the command found in the help menu to report this broken
> site.
>
> Ok, so how do I fix this (other than 'yum downgrade nss firefox
> nss-sysinit nss-devel nss-tools' which does 'fix' the issue)?
>
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