Why Curl throws an error "SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP" while TLS handshaking?

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Issue

  • Using curl to SHA256 sites get below error.
  • Used yum update to latest curl-7.29.0-25.el7.x86_64 but error persists. 
curl -v https://test.example.com/nvp
* About to connect() to test.example.com port 443 (#0)
*   Trying 173.0.82.83...
* Connected to test.example.com (173.0.82.83) port 443 (#0)
* Initializing NSS with certpath: sql:/etc/pki/nssdb
*   CAfile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
  CApath: none
* NSS error -12286 (SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP)
* Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).
* Closing connection 0
curl: (35) Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
  • curl-7.29.0-25.el7.x86_64

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