Re: SSL handshake failed: SSL alert received

"Brandon L. Wisenburg" <brandon_at_wisenburg.com> writes:

> svn update
> svn: OPTIONS of 'https://domain/src': SSL handshake failed: SSL alert
> received: Handshake failed (https://www.domain.com)

You don't say which version of Subversion you are using but that looks
like an old client as a newer client would include an error number in
the error message. An old client probably uses an old SSL library and
it is possible that the client's SSL library doesn't support the SSL
connection that the server is trying to establish.

If the client has the OpenSSL tools installed you can use

  openssl s_client -connect domain:443

to see lots of detail about the SSL negotiation.

-- 
Philip