ppmacole

Hi Mattw1000,

Your site does not have to be SSL-enabled, but you do need to have a more recent version of OpenSSL installed on your server. This is because PayPal’s servers are SSL-enabled, and a newer version of OpenSSL is required for your site to be able to talk to PayPal (version 1.0.1, or any newer version, should be sufficient — unless your setup is configured to use something other than OpenSSL for secure communications).

Thanks,
Matt Cole
Senior Integration Engineer, PayPal

Hi rodelinternetly,

What version of OpenSSL is your server running? PayPal is going through some changes (more details here); but in short, if you’re running a version of OpenSSL older than 1.0.1, this could be causing the issues you’re seeing.

Thanks,
Matt Cole
Senior Integration Engineer, PayPal

Hi jborchart,

What version of OpenSSL is your server running? PayPal is going through some changes (more details here); if you’re running a version of OpenSSL older than 1.0.1, this could be causing the issues you’re seeing.

Thanks,
Matt Cole
Senior Integration Engineer, PayPal