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Why do I get “no shared cipher” errors, when trying to use Anonymous Diffie-Hellman (ADH) ciphers?

April 26, 2017adh anonymous ciphers diffie-hellman errors

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Why do I get “no shared cipher” errors, when trying to use Anonymous Diffie-Hellman (ADH) ciphers?

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By default, OpenSSL does not allow ADH ciphers, for security reasons. Please be sure you are aware of the potential side-effects if you choose to enable these ciphers. In order to use Anonymous Diffie-Hellman (ADH) ciphers, you must build OpenSSL with “-DSSL_ALLOW_ADH”, and then add “ADH” into your SSLCipherSuite.