Centos 5 OpenSSL does not support TLS 1.2 Apache Error
[Thu Jan 26 14:13:31 2017] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Thu Jan 26 14:14:00 2017] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Thu Jan 26 14:14:00 2017] [error] Server certificate is expired: 'Server-Cert'
[Thu Jan 26 14:14:00 2017] [notice] SSL FIPS mode disabled
[Thu Jan 26 14:14:07 2017] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Thu Jan 26 14:14:07 2017] [error] Server certificate is expired: 'Server-Cert'
[Thu Jan 26 14:14:07 2017] [notice] SSL FIPS mode disabled
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 101 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf:
SSLProtocol: Illegal protocol 'TLSv1.2'
[FAILED]
Solution
Edit ssl.conf and remove the TLSv1.2 line. Upgrade to Centos 6 or a newer distro for TLS 1.2 support which is much more secure .
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