What do the following SSL alert messages mean?

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Issue/Introduction

This table provides a description of the different SSL alert messages.

 

Alert Code	Alert Message	Description
0	close_notify	Notifies the recipient that the sender will not send any more messages on this connection.
10	unexpected_message	Received an inappropriate message This alert should never be observed in communication between proper implementations. This message is always fatal.
20	bad_record_mac	Received a record with an incorrect MAC. This message is always fatal.
21	decryption_failed	Decryption of a TLSCiphertext record is decrypted in an invalid way: either it was not an even multiple of the block length or its padding values, when checked, were not correct. This message is always fatal.
22	record_overflow	Received a TLSCiphertext record which had a length more than 2^14+2048bytes, or a record decrypted to a TLSCompressed record with more than2^14+1024 bytes. This message is always fatal.
30	decompression_failure	Received improper input, such as data that would expand to excessive length, from the decompression function. This message is always fatal.
40	handshake_failure	Indicates that the sender was unable to negotiate an acceptable set of security parameters given the options available. This is a fatal error.
42	bad_certificate	There is a problem with the certificate, for example, a certificate is corrupt, or a certificate contains signatures that cannot be verified.
43	unsupported_certificate	Received an unsupported certificate type.
44	certificate_revoked	Received a certificate that was revoked by its signer.
45	certificate_expired	Received a certificate has expired or is not currently valid.
46	certificate_unknown	An unspecified issue took place while processing the certificate that made it unacceptable.
47	illegal_parameter	Violated security parameters, such as a field in the handshake was out of range or inconsistent with other fields. This is always fatal.
48	unknown_ca	Received a valid certificate chain or partial chain, but the certificate was not accepted because the CA certificate could not be located or could not be matched with a known, trusted CA. This message is always fatal.
49	access_denied	Received a valid certificate, but when access control was applied, the sender did not proceed with negotiation. This message is always fatal.
50	decode_error	A message could not be decoded because some field was out of the specified range or the length of the message was incorrect. This message is always fatal.
51	decrypt_error	Failed handshake cryptographic operation, including being unable to correctly verify a signature, decrypt a key exchange, or validate a finished message.
60	export_restriction	Detected a negotiation that was not in compliance with export restrictions; for example, attempting to transfer a 1024 bit ephemeral RSA key for the RSA_EXPORT handshake method. This message is always fatal.
70	protocol_version	The protocol version the client attempted to negotiate is recognized, but not supported. For example, old protocol versions might be avoided for security reasons. This message is always fatal.
71	insufficient_security	Failed negotiation specifically because the server requires ciphers more secure than those supported by the client. Returned instead of handshake_failure. This message is always fatal.
80	internal_error	An internal error unrelated to the peer or the correctness of the protocol makes it impossible to continue, such as a memory allocation failure. The error is not related to protocol. This message is always fatal.
90	user_cancelled	Cancelled handshake for a reason that is unrelated to a protocol failure. If the user cancels an operation after the handshake is complete, just closing the connection by sending a close_notify is more appropriate. This alert should be followed by a close_notify. This message is generally a warning.
100	no_renegotiation	Sent by the client in response to a hello request or sent by the server in response to a client hello after initial handshaking. Either of these would normally lead to renegotiation; when that is not appropriate, the recipient should respond with this alert; at that point, the original requester can decide whether to proceed with the connection. One case where this would be appropriate would be where a server has spawned a process to satisfy a request; the process might receive security parameters (key length, authentication, and so on) at start-up and it might be difficult to communicate changes to these parameters after that point. This message is always a warning.
255	unsupported_extension