Index: u1db/u1db/remote/http_client.py
===================================================================
--- u1db.orig/u1db/remote/http_client.py	2014-11-24 15:19:21.094270614 -0500
+++ u1db/u1db/remote/http_client.py	2014-11-24 15:20:14.598194408 -0500
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             # XXX no cert verification implemented elsewhere for now
             cert_opts = {}
         self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock, self.key_file, self.cert_file,
-                                    ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3,
+                                    ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
                                     **cert_opts
                                     )
         if cert_opts:
