title: Python Requests Throwing SSL Error
body: <p>I am running a Python script in 2 environment using Requests Package. </p>
  
  <p>The Script is working fine in one Environment where,</p>
  
  <pre><code>RedHat version is : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
  OpenSSL version is : OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013
  Python Version is : Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep  4 2013, 07:46:00)
  Requests Package is : requests-2.7.0-py2.6
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But The Same Script is throwing the SSL Error in another Environment where,</p>
  
  <pre><code>RedHat version is : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
  OpenSSL version is : OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013
  Python Version is : Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep  4 2013, 07:46:00)
  Requests Package is : requests-2.7.0-py2.6
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>raise SSLError(e, request=request)
  requests.exceptions.SSLError: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:492: error:100AE081:elliptic curve routines:EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name:unknown group
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am calling the URL as below</p>
  
  <pre><code>requests.request('GET', url, verify=False, headers = headers)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone please help me in resolving the above error</p>