Ive had a similar problem to this one in the past. The router that I was using was forwarding the port to a different computer for some reason. I had to replace the router to fix it. Hope that helps.

Try this:
1. cd /var/lib/boinc-client
2. sudo mv ca-bundle.crt{,.bak}
3. sudo wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/export/16195/trunk/boinc/curl/ca-bundle.crt -O ca-bundle.crt.upstream
4. sudo cp -a ca-bundle.crt{.upstream,}

use ALL .s and { etc

Here are my start up messages


localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Starting BOINC client version 6.7.4 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM This a development version of BOINC and may not function properly
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, http_debug
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 GnuTLS/2.6.4 zlib/1.2.3 c-ares/1.6.0 libidn/1.13 libssh2/1.0
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Data directory: /home/psands/BOINC
localhost SETI@home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11]
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Processor: 4.00 MB cache
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm t
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM OS: Linux: 2.6.29.3-desktop-1mnb
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Memory: 2.95 GB physical, 3.90 GB virtual
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Disk: 277.75 GB total, 274.59 GB free
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Local time is UTC -4 hours
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM CUDA device: GeForce GTX 260 (driver version 0, compute capability 1.3, 896MB, est. 96GFLOPS)
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Not using a proxy
localhost SETI@home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4358929; location: home; project prefs: default
localhost Hydrogen@Home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://hydrogenathome.org/; Computer ID: 3849; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost wanless2 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://bearnol.is-a-geek.com/wanless2/; Computer ID: 6304; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost lhcathome 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/; Computer ID: 9686926; location: home; project prefs: default
localhost http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: not assigned yet; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost Einstein@Home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 1269812; location: home; project prefs: default
localhost rosetta@home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID: 60957; location: home; project prefs: default
localhost Cosmology@Home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://www.cosmologyathome.org/; Computer ID: 22959; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost Magnetism at home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://kinetic.dnsalias.org/magnetism/; Computer ID: 7725; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost GPUGRID 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://www.gpugrid.net/; Computer ID: 26413; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost climateprediction.net 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID: 867852; location: home; project prefs: default
localhost Milkyway@home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID: 16753; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost Poem@Home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://boinc.fzk.de/poem/; Computer ID: 11188; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost PrimeGrid 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://www.primegrid.com/; Computer ID: 64181; location: (none); project prefs: default
localhost SETI@home Beta Test 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM URL: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID: 1256; location: home; project prefs: default
localhost SETI@home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 11-Nov-2008 16:11:30)
localhost SETI@home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Computer location: home
localhost SETI@home 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Reading preferences override file
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Preferences limit memory usage when active to 2719.98MB
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 3022.20MB
localhost --- 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Preferences limit disk usage to 100.00GB
localhost wanless2 6/3/2009 9:36:33 PM Restarting task wep_1244014180_439_1 using wep version 113


I used Mandriva's package manager to install curl and libcurl. According to it OpenSSl is enabled.

...They start developing v.6.7.X now

Only want to be told when there is a WCG endorsed release... follow this short FAQ: https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=25784