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(35) error:141A318A:SSL routines:tls_process_ske_dhe:dh key too small

When using Zabbix on a Centos8/RHEL8 machine the following error occurred whil trying to monitor an HTTPS-website via the build in web scenarieos:

(35) error:141A318A:SSL routines:tls_process_ske_dhe:dh key too small 

The error itself also shows up when trying to use curl to connect to the website:

$ curl -D - https://<some-legacy-website-> -k
curl: (35) error:141A318A:SSL routines:tls_process_ske_dhe:dh key too small

That error occurs if the server uses an older cipher-suite that’s considered unsafe by the default crypto policy used in Centos8/RHEL8.

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/security_hardening/using-the-system-wide-cryptographic-policies_security-hardening

To work around that problem, the legacy cipher suites must be enabled by:

# update-crypto-policies --set LEGACY

Although a restart is recommended after issuing the command, for me it also worked without the need of issuing a reboot.