socket.sslerror:(1, 'error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol')

[Robert]

socket.sslerror:(1, 'error:140770FC:SSL
routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol')

Got this from another computer/setup, which I cannot debug. What can be the
cause for this problem?

Python 2.3.5

trace:

[ ...(\'ClientCookie\\\\_urllib2_support.pyo\', 572, \'open\', None),
(\'ClientCookie\\\\_urllib2_support.pyo\', 472, \'http_response\', None),
(\'ClientCookie\\\\_urllib2_support.pyo\', 589, \'error\', None),
(\'urllib2.pyo\', 306, \'_call_chain\', None),
(\'ClientCookie\\\\_urllib2_support.pyo\', 181, \'http_error_302\', None),
(\'ClientCookie\\\\_urllib2_support.pyo\', 566, \'open\', None),
(\'urllib2.pyo\', 326, \'open\', None), (\'urllib2.pyo\', 306,
\'_call_chain\', None), (\'ClientCookie\\\\_urllib2_support.pyo\', 807,
\'https_open\', None), (\'ClientCookie\\\\_urllib2_support.pyo\', 656,
\'do_open\', None), (\'httplib.pyo\', 715, \'endheaders\', None),
(\'httplib.pyo\', 600, \'_send_output\', None), (\'httplib.pyo\', 567,
\'send\', None), (\'httplib.pyo\', 988, \'connect\', None), (\'socket.pyo\',
73, \'ssl\', None)]

Robert