The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

Question

We are unable to connect to an HTTPS server using WebRequest because of this error message:

The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secur

Answer 1

Make sure the ServicePointManager settings are made before the HttpWebRequest is created, else it will not work.

Works:

ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = true;
ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls
       | SecurityProtocolType.Tls11
       | SecurityProtocolType.Tls12
       | SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3;

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://google.com/api/")

Fails:

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://google.com/api/")

ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = true;
ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls
       | SecurityProtocolType.Tls11
       | SecurityProtocolType.Tls12
       | SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3;