Using Node JS TLS passphrase and cipher options when creating a server and client using elliptic curve keys (no shared cipher suites error)

In relation to this question, I am trying to start a TLS server in node.js to reflect the one I created in OpenSSL. I have tested the client and server using OpenSSL from the command line and they successfully make a connection. When I try to port the server to node.js (and still connect to it with an OpenSSL client), I receive a 'no shared cipher' error. I am wondering if there is something special I need to do when using the passphrase option with tls.createServer()

Below are my successful OpenSSL commands for server and client respectively, note that the passphrase.txt file contains a single line that is the passphrase:

$ openssl s_server -accept 8888 -cert server.cert -key server.key -pass file:passphrase.txt -CAfile ca.cert
$ openssl s_client -connect 127.0.0.1:8888 -cert client.cert -key client.key -pass file:passphrase.txt -CAfile ca.cert

I can also make a successful connection if I specify a cipher for the client and/or server with the additional argument of -cipher 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256'. I am using elliptic curve keys generated with openssl ecparam and signed with a CA created using openssl ca as discussed in my previous question.

The server code written in node.js looks like this:

var tls = require('tls');
var fs = require('fs');
var msg = '***********\n\nHello there secure client!\n\n***********';
var port = 8888;
var host = 'localhost'; 

var options = {
    cert : fs.readFileSync('server.cert'),
    key : fs.readFileSync('server.key'),
    passphrase :  (fs.readFileSync('passphrase.txt')).toString(),
    ca : fs.readFileSync('ca.cert'),

//  ciphers: 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256',
//  requestCert : true,
//  rejectUnauthorized : true
};

tls.createServer(options, function(cleartextStream) {
    if (cleartextStream.authorized) {
        console.log('Server-side connection authorized by a Certificate Authority.');
    } else {
        // TODO this code does not appear to get executed even on failed connections
        console.log('Server-side connection not authorized: ' + cleartextStream.authorizationError);
    }

    // send the server message to the client
    cleartextStream.write(msg);
    cleartextStream.setEncoding('utf8');
    cleartextStream.pipe(cleartextStream);
}).listen(port, function() {
    console.log('Server started on port: ' + port);
}).on('clientError', function(err){
    console.log('A failed client connection attempt occurred.');
    console.error(err);
    console.log();
});

After calling the above code with node tlsServer.js and attempting to connect with an OpenSSL client on the command line, I receive the following messages.

SERVER:

$ node tlsServer.js
Server started on port: 8888

<< client started here >>

A failed client connection attempt occurred.
[Error: 6396:error:1408A0C1:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:no shared cipher:openssl\ssl\s3_srvr.c:1132:
]

CLIENT:

$ openssl s_client -connect 127.0.0.1:8888 -cert client.cert -key client.key -pass file:passphrase.txt -CAfile ca.cert
CONNECTED(00000003)
2674688:error:140790E5:SSL routines:SSL23_WRITE:ssl handshake failure:s23_lib.c:177:
---
no peer certificate available
---
No client certificate CA names sent
---
SSL handshake has read 0 bytes and written 320 bytes
---
New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE)
Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
---

I am using node v0.6.15. And the errors do not change when I uncomment the ciphers, requestCert, and rejectUnauthorized in the options list sent to tls.createServer(). I also have a node.js cersion of the client, and I get a socket hang up code ECONNRESET when I attempt to connect to the node server, and the following error when trying to connect to a OpenSSL server:

Connection to localhost:8888 could not be made.
[Error: 6968:error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure:openssl\ssl\s23_clnt.c:602:
]

Thanks in advance for your help and ideas!