# Re: handshake problem? (fwd)

Nell Rehn (nellrehn@midway.uchicago.edu)
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:23:31 -0500 (CDT)

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    Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:23:31 -0500 (CDT)

    From: Nell Rehn <nellrehn@midway.uchicago.edu>

    To: Jeff Nisewanger <Jeff.Nisewanger@eng.sun.com>

    Subject: Re: handshake problem? (fwd)

    In-Reply-To: <199908301718.KAA20502@shorter.eng.sun.com>

Unfortunately, I happen to know that SSL_RSA_WITH_NULL_MD5 is the only
cipher suite that our server supports.

Thanks,
Helen

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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Jeff Nisewanger wrote:

>
> > Any ideas what could be causing the following handshake problem... it
> > seems better error messages would be in order. Thanks, Helen
> >
> > Enabled suite: SSL_RSA_WITH_NULL_MD5
>
>
> The most likely problem is that the server does not support
> SSL_RSA_WITH_NULL_MD5 which is the only cipher suite you have
> enabled. This cipher suite support authentication via RSA and
> integrity protection via MD5 but the the data is not encrypted.
> Therefore it is not generally supported by servers and is not enabled
> by default in the JSSE reference implementation.
>
>
> Jeff
>

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