That is nice to know.  Thank you!  That fixed my problem.

> 
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 11:36:01AM -0600, Mike Brennan wrote:
> 
> > It seems that Openssl doesn't always obey the server's priority
> 
>       s/doesn't always obey/never by default obeys/
>       
> > ordered list of ciphers (set with SSL_set_cipher_list()), even when
> > that list is syntactically correct, when the ciphers are available,
> > and when the client capabilities don't constrain the choice.
> 
> By default the server respects the client's priority. If you want
> the server to pre-empt the client's preference list, try:
> 
> SSL_CTX_set_options(3) or SSL_set_options(3):
> 
>       SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
>            When choosing a cipher, use the server's preferences instead of
>            the client preferences. When not set, the SSL server will always
>            follow the clients preferences. When set, the SSLv3/TLSv1 server
>            will choose following its own preferences. Because of the differ-
>            ent protocol, for SSLv2 the server will send his list of prefer-
>            ences to the client and the client chooses.
> 
> -- 
>       Viktor.
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