What do the SSLv3 error messages mean on Firefox?
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Security Sockets Layer version 3 (SSLv3), a type of technology that allows your browser to connect to a server, is no longer secure. This makes it easy for hackers to extract personal information during a connection. Firefox blocks SSLv3 to protect you from these attacks.
When you open a page that still supports SSLv3, you will see this error message: "Unable to connect securely". You can still access that website by telling Firefox to use a more secure certificate such as TLS. Here's how to configure Firefox so it will connect using TLS instead of SSLv3:
- Type about:config in your address bar and press Enterreturn.
- Find the appropriate preference by entering security.tls.version.min in the search field.
- Change the security.tls.version.min setting to 1, then click to finish.
- Refresh the webpage to load it using the secure certificate.