I also had this error "SSL handshake failed: SSL error: A TLS warning alert has been received. "
In case it helps, here is how I found a solution: -I did a trace: tcpdump port 443 -s0 -w error.cap -which I opened with wireshark, and saw the server gave a TLS warning "TLSv1 Record Layer: Alert (Level: Warning, Description: Unrecognized Name)" This one is even documented in wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security "TLS only; client's Server Name Indicator specified a hostname not supported by the server" I understood there was a mismatch between the ServerName in apache's ssl.conf and the IP I used on the svn command line I updated the ServerName and the error went away Phil -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/SSL-handshake-failed%3A-SSL-error%3A-A-TLS-warning-alert-has-been-received.-tp29409554p33294811.html Sent from the Subversion Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.