On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 01:15:01PM -0400, Kurt Hansen wrote:

> Igor Sysoev wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 09:42:46AM -0400, Kurt Hansen wrote:
> >
> >>Now, I'm not sure where the problem is, the version of nginx, OpenSSL,
> >>how nginx was compiled for this rpm, or the digital cert. I think the
> >>digital cert is OK since it is working on all other browsers.
> >>
> >>Are others having a problem with IE? Successes?
> >>
> >>If you want to look at the cert with the problem, here it is:
> >>https://donate.mercycorps.org/
> >>
> >
> >In my test MSIE 6.0 does not like certificate on the site.
> >
> Thanks for checking!
>
> Yes, MSIE doesn't like the certifying authority. Maybe I have the CA
> cert and the donate.mercycorps.org cert in the wrong order. I think they
> root cause might by the SSLv3 not working, though.
>
> If it were just the cert, I'd get a warning but it would let me connect.
> With this problem, it won't let me connect if SSLv2 is disabled on the
> client or the server.

In SSLv2 mode the site sends the *.mercycorps.org cert only, so this is
the problem why MSIE does not like the cert.

As to SSLv3, could you show

ssl_ciphers
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers

directives ?


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