I have been able to fix this with the `-3` tag. The culprit appears to be OpenSSLv1.0+
This bug does not affect: $ curl --version curl 7.19.7 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.15 $ lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS $ curl $URL !connection! $ curl --version curl 7.19.7 (universal-apple-darwin10.0) libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8r zlib/1.2.3 # This is Mac OS 10.6.8 $ curl $URL !connection! This bug does affect: $ curl --version curl 7.22.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.22.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.23 librtmp/2.3 $ lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS $ curl $URL curl: (35) error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure $ curl $URL -3 !connection! $ curl --version curl 7.29.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.29.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1c zlib/1.2.7 libidn/1.25 librtmp/2.3 $ lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 13.04 $ curl $URL curl: (35) error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure $ curl $URL -3 !connection! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861137 Title: Openssl TLS errors while connecting to SSLv3 sites To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/+bug/861137/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs