I have been playing some correspondence games on the ICCF server. I would like to configure scid vs pc to connect to the ICCF server to manager games, makes moves, etc. When I configure SCID vs pc 's internal xfcc server to connect to the iccf server, I get an the following error:
"SSL channel "sock4080": error: sslv3 alert handshake failure."
It was my understanding that neither the iccf server nor scid vs pc uses ssl version 3?
Any idea what I may be doing wrong, or is it no longer possible to use scid vs pc to connect to the ICCF server?
Thanks for any assistance.
SCID vs PC Xfcc connection Issue
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Re: SCID vs PC Xfcc connection Issue
I believe I have identified the issue. The most recent version of scidvspc comes bundles with Tcl/Tsl 8.5 and TSL 1.6. The ICCF chess server requires Tcl/Tsl 8.6 and Tsl 1.7. I tried some suggestions to hack the scidvspc install and swap out tcl8.5.dll and tk8.5.dll for 8.6 counterparts, but that breaks other things and scidvspc fails to load afterward (something about a missing zlib1.dll file).
Seems that I cannot access the ICCF chess server with scidvspc until it is updated to include Tcl/Tsl 8.6.
Bummer.
Seems that I cannot access the ICCF chess server with scidvspc until it is updated to include Tcl/Tsl 8.6.
Bummer.