Tim's rant is misplaced. The reason he can't connect to https://keybase.io https://keybase.io using Java 7 is because Keybase have (mis)configured their server

Tim's rant is misplaced. The reason he can't connect to https://keybase.io https://keybase.io using Java 7 is because Keybase have (mis)configured their server so it doesn't offer any cipher suites Java 7 could use. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=keybase.io&s=54.84.133.185 https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=keybase.io&s=... You can see this in the SSL Labs simulator, in the bottom part of the report. Clicking "Java 7" will show the cipher suites available by default.