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Staff & Editor
May 25, 2016

Technical Note: SSL VPN error: SSL_accept failed, 1:unknown protocol

  • May 25, 2016
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Description
In FortiOS v5.4.x, tlsv1-0 is set to disabled by default.

This will prevent a successful connection from Windows 7 or 8.

Solution
tlsv1-0 should be set to enable in the ssl vpn settings:
set tlsv1-0 enable

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