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  This site can't provide a secure connection
  archive.is uses an unsupported protocol.
  ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH

  root@thinkpad:~# openssl s_client -showcerts -connect archive.is:443
  CONNECTED(00000003)
  140330990556480:error:14094410:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert handshake failure:../ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c:1543:SSL alert number 40
  ---
  no peer certificate available
  ---
  No client certificate CA names sent
  ---
  SSL handshake has read 7 bytes and written 302 bytes
  Verification: OK
  ---
  New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE)
  Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported
  Compression: NONE
  Expansion: NONE
  No ALPN negotiated
  Early data was not sent
  Verify return code: 0 (ok)
  ---


The site is fine. Cloudflare's DNS is blocked by it, use another provider. For more context: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/archive-today-does-not-re...


This is the craziest/coolest denial of service I’ve seen in a while. Intentionally poisoning your own DNS record is next level.


The reason for it may be less appealing. According to Cloudflare[1]:

> The archive.is owner has explained that he returns bad results to us because we don’t pass along the EDNS subnet information. This information leaks information about a requester’s IP and, in turn, sacrifices the privacy of users.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317


They are intentionally blocking you.


Something's wrong between your computer and the site. It's fine here.




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