start:linux:pidgin_fail_gnutls
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| - | ====== Pidgin SSL Handshake failed - a GnuTLS problem ====== | ||
| - | This is a funny problem I encountered on my home computer which runs openSUSE 42.1 Leap. | ||
| - | For communication at work, we use Jabber protocol. We migrated to a new server and got it a shiny new Let's Encrypt certificate instead of the self-signed one which was used so far. | ||
| - | My pidgin refused to connect to the Jabber server. Running it in debug mode it showed (also) this: | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | fiisch@mothership: | ||
| - | ... | ||
| - | (17:32:05) gnutls: Starting handshake with someserver.tld | ||
| - | (17:32:05) gnutls: Handshake failed. Error The handshake data size is too large. | ||
| - | (17:32:05) connection: Connection error on 0x56161850ca30 (reason: 5 description: | ||
| - | (17:32:05) account: Disconnecting account fiisch@someserver.tld/ | ||
| - | (17:32:05) connection: Disconnecting connection 0x56161850ca30 | ||
| - | (17:32:05) connection: Destroying connection 0x56161850ca30 | ||
| - | ... | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Pidgin has a long history for SSL-related issues which generally seem to boil down to using gnutls. The application supports also NSS, though. The log showed that NSS was properly loaded. | ||
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| - | Possible problem I encountered is this: [[http:// | ||
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| - | And why does it matter anyway? Well, because If you look to the Let's Encrypt certiciface, | ||
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