Well, this man page suggests that this occurs, as you say, when the client changes its SSL protocol values in a effort to be "helpful". Digging through Net::SSL suggests that this in fact is done by Crypt:SSLeay: 

$args{SSL_Version} = 3;
# the new connect might itself be overridden with a REAL SSL
my $new_ssl = Net::SSL->new(%args);
$REAL{$self} = $REAL{$new_ssl} || $new_ssl;

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But I'm still investigating. What are the allowed values for SSL on your IIS server? Also, do they match the values for your WebSphere?

Remember, when you stare long into the abyss, you could have been home eating ice cream.

In reply to Re: SSL Transfer error 'wrong version number' by idsfa
in thread SSL Transfer error 'wrong version number' by rusacarr

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