Registering the system to RHN (rhn_register) fails with ERROR: There was an SSL error: []

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Issue

While registering the system to RHN, gives the following messages.  The system shows the correct time.

# rhn_register --nox
There was an SSL error: []
A common cause of this error is the system time being incorrect. Verify that the time on this system is correct.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux  All versions

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