The URL mentioned in the original Curl thread (http://curl.haxx.se/mail/curlphp-2008-10/0001.html) still fails in the same way
$ curl https://www.etisalat.com.eg curl: (35) error:140773F2:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert unexpected message $ curl --sslv3 https://www.etisalat.com.eg <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> ...etc. -- Curl fails to open some https URLs with "illegal parameter" error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595415 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs