Date: 2008jan30 Q. Why is Firefox giving "<hostname> has sent an incorrect or unexpected message. Error code -12263". I setup SSL with Apache. It looks OK but when I browse to my site with Firefox I get that error. What's up? A. Your browser is talking SSL but your site isn't. As proof try going to port 443 (the SSL port) using a regular (unencrypted) connection:

http://www.example.com:443 (Replace www.example.com with the actual name of your host, of course)

You'll probably see your site fine. The problem is this line in your /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf file:

<VirtualHost _default_:443>

Its not acting as you would expect. Instead its doing nothing. So everything inside the <VirtualHost> is ignored! Change it to the actual name of your host.

<VirtualHost www.example.com:443>

And it'll work.