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

In my case, the service account running the application did not have permission to access the private key. Once I gave this permission, the error went away

1. mmc
2. certificates
3. Expand to personal
4. select cert
5. right click
6. All tasks
7. Manage private keys
8. Add