Firefox displays the error "ssl_error_handshake_failure_alert"
This error means that you do not have valid personal certificates in your browser. You can obtain new ones by going to http://ist.mit.edu/certificates and clicking on Get MIT Personal Certificate.
Firefox displays the following error when you do not have any certificates in your browser:
Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to web.mit.edu
SSL peer was unable to negotiate an acceptable set of security parameters
(Error code: ssl_error_handshake_failure_alert)
If you have already obtained new certificates, you may also need to:
- delete any expired certificates you may have
- empty your browser cache