class-http.php.diff

--- a/wordpress/wp-includes/class-http.php
+++ b/wordpress/wp-includes/class-http.php
@@ -1160,6 +1160,12 @@ class WP_Http_Curl {
                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, ( $ssl_verify === 
                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, $ssl_verify );
+
+               // GitHub fail
+               //   curl -vvv https://api.github.com/gists/2166671
+               //   http://blog.cantremember.com/one-line-fix-wordpress-and-git
+               curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST, 'rsa_aes_128_sha'
+
                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, $r['sslcertificates'] );
                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $r['user-agent'] );
                // The option doesn't work with safe mode or when open_basedir i