Title: Cannot Connect To WordPress.org SSL Problem?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Cannot Connect To WordPress.org SSL Problem?

 *  [poddys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poddys/)
 * (@poddys)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-wordpressorg-ssl-problem-1/)
 * Updates of WordPress fail and some admin functions take forever to execute and
   time out. As a result I installed the Background Update Tester plugin and this
   is the output:
 *     ```
       PASS: Your WordPress install can communicate with WordPress.org securely.
       PASS: No version control systems were detected.
       PASS: Your installation of WordPress doesn’t require FTP credentials to perform updates.
       WARNING: Couldn#8217;t retrieve a list of the checksums for WordPress 4.0. This could mean that connections are failing to WordPress.org.
       ```
   
 * I also installed the HTTPS Tester plugin and this gives the following output:
 *     ```
       [PASS]: Your WordPress install claims to support HTTPS Connections
       [PASS]: Checking that the HTTPS Root Certificate bundle exists and is accessible
       [PASS]: cURL is installed and supports SSL communication, cURL Details: version_number=463872; age=3; features=541; ssl_version_number=0; version=7.20.0; host=powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0; ssl_version=OpenSSL/0.9.7d; libz_version=1.2.3; protocols=dict,file,ftp,ftps,http,https,imap,imaps,pop3,pop3s,rtsp,smtp,smtps,telnet,tftp
       [PASS]: OpenSSL is installed. OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 9465935
       [PASS]: Checking if stream_socket_client exists
       [PASS]: Checking if openssl_x509_parse exists
       [PASS]: Verifying api.wordpress.org resolves correctly.
       [FAIL]: [Streams] Communication with WordPress.org failed with error: [http_request_failed]: The SSL certificate for the host could not be verified.
       [FAIL]: [Streams with a POST body] Communication with WordPress.org failed with error: [http_request_failed]: The SSL certificate for the host could not be verified.
       [FAIL]: [cURL] Communication with WordPress.org failed with error: [http_request_failed]: error:0D0890A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_verify:unknown message digest algorithm
       [FAIL]: [cURL with a POST body] Communication with WordPress.org failed with error: [http_request_failed]: error:0D0890A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_verify:unknown message digest algorithm
       [INFO]: PHP Version: 5.4.16
       ```
   
 * We do NOT have SSL on our server, or at least the SSL functionality is not defined
   in the Apache configuration. Some years ago they did use SSL and removed it. 
   Is this the cause of the problem?
 * We are running on an IBM iSeries (A6.1) with Zend Server (Apache).

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-wordpressorg-ssl-problem-1/)
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