I am not technically skilled, but please take a look at this 'TLS handshake perpetual loop' issue.

I've been using Firefox for well over 10 years now, almost exclusively. No wonder Chrome is the leading browser now, although I am (still) a hardcore Firefox user. Whenever I want to go to Fiverr, I simply use Chrome. You can try deleting the cert8.db file on Firefox. I delete the cert8 and cert9.db files and for a while, Firefox works normally. There is one way to know that the TLS handshake failure is related to the local certificate database. After a week or so I get the dreaded 'Performing TLS handshake' in the middle of working on the firewall and Firefox simply stops. If this succeeds, the client then uses either the. The client can walk this chain of records to a trusted root to validate the material. Then, during the TLS handshake, the chain of DNSSEC records from that record to an agreed-upon root must be sent along with the server certificate.

For instance, Firefox profiles maintain a cert8.db file. Troubleshoot Firefoxs Performing TLS Handshake Messag.

Chrome will just simply say that the website failed to load, while Firefox will perform the TLS handshake until eternity.īut I am sure Firefox is iffy in some way, because I have failed to login to Fiverr for the past 1 or 1.5 years now, all of a sudden (there are posts and Youtube videos even talking about this if you search in Google). Solution 3: Deleting the Certificate Database or Browser Profile. Now what is weird is that for the case of that website, Chrome is the only browser that can load up the site, Firefox, IE and Opera fail to do so (right now).īut I admit that I am also having weird connection issues with some big sites, like, which cannot be loaded in both Chrome and Firefox. The moment I see 'Executing a TLS Handsak' in the Iower still left part, I may simply because well end the page weight and attempt again, result in it isn't shifting ahead.I. The thing is, I have never noticed this ' Performing TLS handshake to so and so website' message in the lower left corner, at any point in time before this. After being open for some 5-10 minutes, firefox stops being able to load any HTTPS secured domain, getting stuck with a 'Performing a TLS handshake to '. DanRaisch wrote:Moving to Firefox Support.Ĭlear the browser cache (use menu path Tools->Options->Advanced->Network tab->click on 'Clear Now' button.)ĭelete any cookies relating to the site(s) involved (Tools->Options->Privacy->Firefox will 'Use custom settings for History'->Show Cookies button).ĭid all that, but to no avail.

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