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On 2015-07-25 12:23 PM, jungle Boogie wrote:
> On 25 July 2015 at 06:51, Polytropon<freebsd@edvax.de>  wrote:
>> I've tried back and forth with Opera (version 11.50/1074 here).
>>  From "about:config" with the search terms "tls" and "ssl" and
>> through Tools ->  Preferences ->  Advanced ->  Security... I just
>> keep getting this "helpful" message:
>>
>>          https://forums.freebsd.org/
>>
>>          Error
>>
>>          Could not connect to remote server
>>          Check that the address is spelled correctly,
>>          or try searching for the site.
>
>
> Can you access https://www.freebsd.org/ ?
>
> Both have a preferred cipher of TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256


That won't tell him much. The main freebsd.org site might use the same 
cipher but it doesn't have the TLS thing going on, it can be accessed by 
any browser no matter the settings.