Courier mail server and SSL error SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number

Just realized that some of the incoming mails where bouncing, meaning that the other mailserver wasn’t able to connect at all.

This concerned all all mailservers starting a STARTTLS SMPT connection. In the logs the “SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number” occured.

It turned out to be a configuration problem of courier. In the default install TLS_PROTOCOL is set to TLS1. The problem dissapears when setting it to SSL23 instead.

Disable sandbox for local flash applications

Howto deactivate the flash sandbox for locally running flash applications?

Create the following directory structure in your Windows profile directory

ApplicationData\Macromedia\Flash Player\\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust

There you can add arbitrary files with the name *.cfg . Flash player will parse them all. Inside one such file you can add multiple pathes, each path name in a new line. Path can point to directories or single SWF files. If a directory name is given the sandbox is disabled for SWF files in the whole subdirectory structure.

As an administrator there is also the possibility to set those pathes for all users of a computer. For more information see Adobe’s flashplayer security manual.