SQL SSMS Certificate Error
Jun02

SQL SSMS Certificate Error

 SSMS Certificate Error KB ID 0001921 Problem While attempting to open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (Version 21) I was met with this. Encryption was enabled on this connection, review your SSL and certificate configuration for the target SQL Server, or enable ‘Trust server certificate’ in the connection dialog” Additional Information A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an...

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SSL_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION
Mar12

SSL_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION

SSL_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION KB ID 0001856 Problem I get it, older versions of TLS and SSL are insecure and we should not be using them. However I needed to get on an HPE Server iLO management interface last week and I was met with this. Firefox Error: SSL_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Opera Error: ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH Microsoft Internet Explorer Error: This might be because the site uses...

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FortiGate HTTPS Error
Dec08

FortiGate HTTPS Error

KB ID Article Problem While attempting to connect to a FortiGate firewall (with Firefox over HTTPS) you may see this error; Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to {x.x.x.x} SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length error code : SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please...

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FortiGate LDAPS Authentication Failure
Jan29

FortiGate LDAPS Authentication Failure

KB ID 0001733 Problem Here’s a brief one that tripped me up a couple of weeks ago, I was deploying FortiGate LDAPS authentication for some FortiClient SSL VPN connections into a FortiGate firewall like so; Despite my best efforts I was getting authentication failures? If I tested the username and password in the GUI web management portal, that worked fine? Testing FortiGate LDAPS First step is to test authentication at command...

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Firefox Error – SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_EPHEMERAL_DH_KEY
May21

Firefox Error – SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_EPHEMERAL_DH_KEY

KB ID 0001189  Problem Firefox is what I use when Opera does not work, so when I tried to connect to some management servers that did not support Opera this happened;   Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to {FQDN). SSL received a weak ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key in Server Key Exchange handshake message. (Error code: SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_EPHEMERAL_DH_KEY)   Solution Navigate to ‘about:config’...

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