Getting "sslv3 alert handshake failure", or "certificate verify failed"

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Issue

  • While trying to update the system with yum, or register to the Red Hat Network, I am getting either of the following errors:

    sslv3 alert handshake failure  
    
  • OR:

    certificate verify failed
    
  • Most recent call from the traceback in /var/log/up2date shows:

    OpenSSL.SSL.Error: [('SSL routines', 'SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO', 'sslv3 alert handshake failure')
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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