The URL mentioned in the original Curl thread (http://curl.haxx.se/mail/curlphp-2008-10/0001.html) still fails in the same way
$ curl https://www.etisalat.com.eg curl: (35) error:140773F2:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert unexpected message
$ curl --sslv3 https://www.etisalat.com.eg <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> ...etc.
The URL mentioned in the original Curl thread (http:// curl.haxx. se/mail/ curlphp- 2008-10/ 0001.html) still fails in the same way
$ curl https:/ /www.etisalat. com.eg SSL23_GET_ SERVER_ HELLO:sslv3 alert unexpected message
curl: (35) error:140773F2:SSL routines:
$ curl --sslv3 https:/ /www.etisalat. com.eg
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
...etc.