In message <2afd994451.bo...@boase.demon.co.uk>
Bernard Boase <b.bo...@bcs.org> wrote:
> On 30 Apr 2010, Bernard Boase <b.bo...@bcs.org> wrote:
>> On 11 Aug 2009, Bernard Boase <b.bo...@bcs.org> wrote:
>>> On 7 Aug 2009, John Williams <joh...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
>>>> Sometime after r8950 - 1st Aug 2009, accessing my French bank results in
>>>> this error at the password box appearing stage:
>>>> Sorry, NetSurf was unable to display this page
>>>> Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to
>>>> voscomptesenligne.labanquepostale.fr:443
>>>> - so something changed after that version.
>>> Similar story here with Co-operative Bank
>>> https://welcome27.co-operativebank.co.uk/CBIBSWeb/start.do, using RISC
>>> OS Netsurf 3.0 (Dev) 04 Aug 2009 r9045.
>>> <snip details>
>> The above problem dates from last summer (2009) and meant that I
>> normally stayed with Netsurf 2.1 rather than any of the 3.0
>> development versions.
>> Unfortunately, I now find that the new 2.5 exhibits the same problem,
>> so once again I must retain 2.1 for use with this bank.
>> I won't add another problem log on the tracker as the one that's there
>> says enough (while not mentioning 2.5 of course), but I do wonder if
>> anyone has an understanding of whether the problem is soluble.
> Glad to report that, as of some unknown period before Netsurf
> development update "3.0 (Dev) (03 Aug 2010 10:30) r10678", the above
> problem has disappeared, AND it has disappeared when using the release
> version 2.5! So maybe it's something the Co-op Bank has changed?
That suggests to me that it is not a change in Netsurf which has
caused the improvement for you.
> I have added a comment to Netsurf Bug tracker ID: 2835477
> "Co-op bank login gives SSL error 2009-08-11", but cannot mark the bug
> closed if John Williams still has the problem with La Poste. (I have
> advised him of this by personal email).
I still get the same message attempting to open the Snatander login
page. I have added a comment to the bugtracker.
Anthony
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Anthony Hilton
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