ssl.SSLError: [SSL: UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL] unknown protocol

[Piyush Verma]

Yes Dieter, I see that it is connecting with 443 port number and service is
running. Is this related to python version or mac?

Regards,
~Piyush
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On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 1:59 PM, dieter <dieter at handshake.de> wrote:

> Piyush Verma <114piyush at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Getting SSL error while connecting from httplib.HTTPSConnection.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > ...
> > line 579, in __init__
> >     self.do_handshake()
> >   File
> > "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/
> lib/python2.7/ssl.py",
> > line 808, in do_handshake
> >     self._sslobj.do_handshake()
> > ssl.SSLError: [SSL: UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL] unknown protocol (_ssl.c:590)
>
> Are you sure, you try to connect to an HTTPS port?
>
> The error message tells you that the "ssl" handshake failed because
> the protocol was unknown (likely because the message was not understood).
> The most natural reason is to try to connect to something which is not
> prepared for an "ssl" handshake.
>
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