Wget returning error: "Unable to establish SSL connection."

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00:00 Wget Returning Error: &Quot;Unable To Establish Ssl Connection.&Quot;
00:42 Answer 1 Score 26
00:57 Accepted Answer Score 21
01:22 Answer 3 Score 4
01:37 Answer 4 Score 3
01:59 Answer 5 Score 2
02:14 Thank you

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ANSWER 1

Score 26

You can find a newer version here: Windows binaries of GNU Wget

It works fine, I had the same problem.

ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 21

As SSL Labs shows, only TLSv1.0 and above are supported by minecraft.net. You can't use SSLv3 with it. It's likely that your version of wget doesn't support this (possibly due to being too old). Try upgrading it.

ANSWER 3

Score 4

I downloaded the 32-bit .exe file. It works.

wget.exe np -r -nH -L --cut-dirs=2 https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/3654/20090316_249102.laz

ANSWER 4

Score 3

Had a similar error, but in my case only “Unable to establish SSL connection.” was shown without explanation. I have used a WinWget, which included a wget compiled without SSL support. Solved by downloading full version from https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/

ANSWER 5

Score 2

You may want to add --secure-protocol=TLSv1 option.

Check also if installed OpenSSL supporting TLS by running:

openssl s_client -connect minecraft.net:443 -tls1