iLO 2/3 and ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH: opening the web UI from a modern browser

iLO 2 is stuck on TLS 1.0 and iLO 3 on TLS 1.1 forever. Firefox with deprecated TLS (separate profile) or Edge in IE mode opens the console; over SSH you can enforce AES and regenerate the certificate.

September 25, 2026 · 4 min

SSH: "no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-rsa" (and ssh-dss)

OpenSSH 8.8 turned off RSA/SHA-1 signatures and OpenSSH 10.0 deleted DSA. ssh-rsa takes two options; ssh-dss now only works from an older client.

September 25, 2026 · 4 min

Browse the modern web on Windows XP and Server 2003

XP and 2003 are EOL. Chrome and Firefox will not run. Supermium will.

August 20, 2026 · 3 min

SSH into Windows Server 2003 with Bitvise

2003 has no SSH. Windows OpenSSH does not apply. Bitvise does.

August 20, 2026 · 3 min