ITunes Store Error (0x80092013) and (-50)?

Question

I have a Windows Vista computer and for a while now, I have not been able to connect to the iTunes store and its quite annoying.
I have the most recent version of iTunes and I've noticed many people have/had this problem, but many of the 'solutions' did not work for me.
The errors included: (0x80092013) and occasionally (-50).
This has become a problem for me because I would like to authorize another computer and use home sharing for my iPod Touch 4g. I also cannot log into my apple ID since I get these errors. I know when I try to do those things, I'm connected to the interent as well. It also will tell me that the iTunes server cannot be connected.
If someone could help or suggest a way to resolve this, it'd be awesome, thanks!

Answer 1

Hi All,
With regards to error 0x80092013 – this relates to a failure of iTunes to correctly reference a valid CRL (which prevents the establishment of an SSL connection to the iTunes store).
Now, a large CRL endpoint recently moved locations, interesting just days after HeartBleed hit (see here: http://www.lyncblog.info/2014/04/update-your-firewall-now-with-this-new-crl-endp oint/).  It would seem that iTunes requires access to this specific CRL.
For home users, your router, computer or browser may have cached the old CRL location, thus causing the issues with your iTunes connection – this is why the users attempting DNS changes have had some success.
For corporate users behind a proxy or firewall, the issue will relate to the new CRL location not being whitelisted.  This connection is not proxy aware (sigh) which means you won’t be able to authenticate to enable iTunes to access the CRL – the only way is to whitelist the new URL.
So do yourself a favour and add sa.symcb.com to your firewall’s whitelist.
With sa.symcb.com whitelisted, iTunes should be able to successfully obtain a valid CRL and your iTunes connection should now succeed.
It would have been nice if Apple could have provided a little more assistance in this matter – especially for enterprise customers.  But hey Hopefully this post helps some users out there.