Why can't Firefox connect to our SSL protected web page?

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Issue

  • An error occurred during a connection to our Web server which has SSL enabled. SSL received a weak ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key in Server Key Exchange handshake message.
(Error code: ssl_error_weak_server_ephemeral_dh_key)
  • While opening application on HTTPS on Google Chrome, the following message can be seen in the browser:
Server has a weak ephemeral Diffie-Hellman public key
ERR_SSL_WEAK_SERVER_EPHEMERAL_DH_KEY
  • Secure Connection Failed when obataining wildcard certificate for our domain & while trying to open the pages using https://(SSL).

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    • 5.x
    • 6.x

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