I've been trying to update my using system up2date and it gives me an error (using redhat 9)
Exception type SSL.Error

Exception Handler Information
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/../share/rhn/rhn_applet/rhn_applet.py", line 447, in refresh
self.model.refresh(force)
File "/usr/bin/../share/rhn/rhn_applet/rhn_applet_model.py", line 264, in refresh
self.__rpc_server__.refresh(force)
File "/usr/bin/../share/rhn/rhn_applet/rhn_applet_rpc.py", line 84, in refresh
status = server.applet.poll_status()
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/xmlrpclib.py", line 821, in __call__
return self.__send(self.__name, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 126, in _request
verbose=self._verbose
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 130, in request
headers, fd = req.send_http(host, handler)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 614, in send_http
headers=self.headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/httplib.py", line 701, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/httplib.py", line 723, in _send_request
self.endheaders()
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/httplib.py", line 695, in endheaders
self._send_output()
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/httplib.py", line 581, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/httplib.py", line 560, in send
self.sock.sendall(str)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/SSL.py", line 191, in write
sent = self._connection.send(data)
Error: [('SSL routines', 'SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE', 'certificate verify failed')]


PLease help

Red Hat is currently having problems with the up2date service. They say it will be fixed soon.

Thanks

You can use one of the alternatives to Up2Date.

RedCarpet
http://www.ximian.com/products/redcarpet/

Apt4RPM
http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/

APT
http://freshrpms.net/