Bug 142553

Summary:	Confusing error if HTTPS encryption method can't be agreed
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Olivier Vitrat <ovit.debian>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Developers <konq-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	adawit, zahl
Priority:	NOR
Version:	3.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Olivier Vitrat 2007-03-05 16:39:01 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.3)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

If, when accessing an HTTPS server,
all the encryption methods that the webserver
is willing to support are disabled in Konqueror's config,
then the default "Can't connect" error message is displayed.

Since this error does not indicate that HTTPS failed,
it is not clear to the user that (s)he should review
the security settings in Settings/Configure Konqueror/Crypto.

Konqueror should give a different error if HTTPS encryption negotation
fails, inviting the user to review the settings, and perhaps listing the
methods the webserver is willing to use.

Comment 1 Olivier Vitrat 2007-03-05 16:39:46 UTC

reported in Debian BTS at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=374508

Comment 2 Carsten Lohrke 2007-04-12 18:40:51 UTC

A Gentoo user¹ ran into this problem as well, having SSL2 disabled and trying to reach https://cacert.org. Reproducible.


[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163029

Comment 3 A. Spehr 2008-07-23 08:44:55 UTC

So I turn off all encryption methods, and a) I get a warning saying that things won't work. I'm allowed to connect to the url above, I just get certificate warnings. Not that I'm unencrypted. That seems kind of bad. Someone else?

Comment 4 Dawit Alemayehu 2012-02-02 00:40:18 UTC

KDE 3 is no longer maintained and since KDE 4 SSL handling is quite different, feel free to reopen this ticket if you have the same issue there.