Hi all, I'm pretty new to stunnel but did get this config to work on a linux box - now I am trying the same/similiar config on a win7 box but keep getting the handshake error below. I am using the latest version of stunnel and have tried searching for an answer via google, making the proposed changes as described No matter what settings I use it always seems to use the sslv3 handshake which then goes wrong :-( I'd appreciate any help on this Colin My config is as follows: ; ************************************************************************** ; * Global options * ; ************************************************************************** ; Debugging stuff (may useful for troubleshooting) ; Some debugging stuff useful for troubleshooting debug = 7 output = c:\temp\stunnel.log ; Use it for client mode client = yes rndbytes = 256 rndfile = c:\temp\randseed.bin ; Some performance tunings socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1 socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1 ; Disable FIPS mode to allow non-approved protocols and algorithms fips = no ; ************************************************************************** ; * Service defaults may also be specified in individual service sections * ; ************************************************************************** ; Certificate/key is needed in server mode and optional in client mode cert = CT_20110324.pem ; Disable support for insecure SSLv2 protocol sslVersion = TLSv1 options = NO_SSLv2 options = NO_SSLv3 [CT] ; incoming connection from the client application accept = 444 ; outgoing connection connect = remote.server.com:443 TIMEOUTclose = 0 Error in log file 2012.04.11 18:33:54 LOG7[3684:3640]: Remote socket (FD=440) initialized 2012.04.11 18:33:54 LOG3[3684:3640]: SSL_connect: 14094410: error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert handshake failure 2012.04.11 18:33:54 LOG5[3684:3640]: Connection reset: 0 byte(s) sent to SSL, 0 byte(s) sent to socket 2012.04.11 18:33:54 LOG7[3684:3640]: Remote socket (FD=440) closed 2012.04.11 18:33:54 LOG7[3684:3640]: Local socket (FD=408) closed 2012.04.11 18:33:54 LOG7[3684:3640]: Service [CT] finished (0 left)