Facetime Server Encountered Error

It was definitely the CRL.VERISIGN.NET entries in the hosts that was causing the problem; once logged into Facetime it seems that it can be added back and it still works.

@eleazarlazo; Have you tried flushing the DNS cache?

Yes, i have tried flushing the DNS cache, but not working.

Yep same thing here! all the new features in the lion are cool but if

the apps which are built in are full of bugs, then apple should have reconsidered to

move the day of publishing the lion and repair the problems... sure it's cool to have lion,

but for now im not pleaced with the built in apps.

Everything worked perfectly with the SL, miss the old days haha 😀

still no solutions for facetime matter i try both keychain and hosts

This solution seems to work fine. At least a day or two....

It worked fine the first days. Now I am logged in, but cant make any calls or receive any calls.

When I try to call it says after about 30 sec of calling "Facetime Failed" and when someone calls he, the connection brakes when I press connect.

Again, when I change the host file, and back again to my original, it is working for a few days again, and again.

For me it seams like each time I change to a different wi-fi I am getting problem with face time, and the hosts file.

It is absolutely any soultion to change host file every third day

Have you tried contacting Apple Support Online directly? Since you seem to have a reproducible issue, maybe there is enough information where they can determine a root cause.

Have you tried just removing the verisign entry and not putting the original host file back in place? I am guessing that without that entry in your host file, your machine can hit the correct site long enough to get a certificate with an expiration time. When the certificate expires the bad host file entry is back in place and you cannot get a new certificate until it is removed.

Again, talking with Apple directly should take out the guess work if enough information is provided.

i also got same problem

I've tried everything. I'll just wait for apple to come up with an update.

Check out my post: OS X Lion FaceTime Fix

My fix may not work for everyone but its worth a try rather then messing with important internal files.

Today, I got it to make it work!!!.

1. System Prefences.

2. Date & Time.

3. Set Date and Time automatically. (Check).

I hope it works for you.

I've go the same problem. I've got my Lion OS up to date, I've cleared the untrusted certs in "My certificates", Ive added the 8.8.8.8 to the DNS.

Totally $hiT application.😟

I had to drop my computer to an Apple store and they fixed it.

Your in the same boat as me. I have a Mac Book Pro and iMac and after Lion upgrade my Mac Book Pro still runs FaceTime perfect but the imac will not. I've tried both my Apple ID's... same result.