Title: SSL Handshake Error
Last modified: January 11, 2021

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# SSL Handshake Error

 *  Resolved [purvikamaliya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/purvikamaliya/)
 * (@purvikamaliya)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-handshake-error/)
 * My webisite is showing an error saying:
 * “The Proxy server couldn’t handle the request.
    Reason: Error during SSL Handshake
   with remote server Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered
   while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”
 * It could have been possibly caused by the Really Simple SSL plugin that I use.
   
   I am unable to access my WPAdmin page that shows the same error.
 * Let me know what could I possibly do in this situation?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fssl-handshake-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwolters/)
 * (@markwolters)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-handshake-error/#post-13891316)
 * Hi [@purvikamaliya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/purvikamaliya/),
 * your site does have a valid SSL certificate (see [https://www.ssllabs.com/analyze.html?d=www.travelhippies.in&hideResults=on&latest](https://www.ssllabs.com/analyze.html?d=www.travelhippies.in&hideResults=on&latest)),
   but the site still returns a handshake error. When clicking on one of the SSL
   labs results, it appears that using OpenSSL 0.9.8y results in a handshake error.
   Could you check with your hosting provider which version of OpenSSL your site
   uses and if it can be updated to the latest version?
 *  Plugin Support [Leon Wimmenhoeve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leonwimmenhoeve/)
 * (@leonwimmenhoeve)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-handshake-error/#post-13910821)
 * Hi [@purvikamaliya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/purvikamaliya/) ,
 * Did you managed to resolve the issue or is there anything we can do to help?
 * Kind regards,
    Leon

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## Tags

 * [Really Simple SSL plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/really-simple-ssl-plugin/)
 * [ssl error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl-error/)

 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Leon Wimmenhoeve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leonwimmenhoeve/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-handshake-error/#post-13910821)
 * Status: resolved