Re: IE6 - No Shared Cipher Message

Lots of troubleshooting to go through here when having issues w/ secure (https://) sites:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/17.html

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Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
jkennedy2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"I.J." <I.J.@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C3CF1D1F-32C3-465F-84B5-0E0D716088C5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
I've been having a problem for the last couple of months
on my laptop. In IE6 I get the following screen to
appear when I try to get to an HTTPS site:

(Note: I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling IE6
(and marking the registry as removed), but cannot resolve
this problem. Any help would be appreciated as my
company has an application that is written ONLY for IE w/
128 encryption)

-i.j.

No Shared Cipher

Your browser is unable to negotiate a security level
which satisfies the requirements of this site. For
security reasons, this Web site may require strong
encryption. To gain access to this site, you may try any
or all of the following:
1) Change your browser's security settings to support the
appropriate level of encryption (the cipher suites
supported by this site are listed above).
2) Update your browser to a version that supports the
appropriate level of encryption.
3) Apply the "strong-encryption" option pack to your
operating system.
4) If in the United States, verify that you are using a
recent domestic version of your browser.
5) Contact this site's administrator for assistance.

Security Details:
----------------------------------------------------------
Browser ciphers:
DES-CBC3-SHA
----------------------------------------------------------
Secure Site ciphers:
RC4-MD5
RC4-MD5
RC4-SHA
EXP-RC4-MD5
EXP-RC4-MD5
EXP1024-RC4-MD5
EXP1024-RC2-CBC-MD5
EXP1024-RC4-SHA
NULL-MD5
NULL-SHA


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