I am currently trying to get a response from a server that is using SSL in C#. I have the code to do this in Java, but it looks like they do not translate 1:1.
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Just an idea, but have you tried it with a final "/"? Also - you might find this approach easier:
string s; using(WebClient client = new WebClient()) { client.UseDefaultCredentials = true; s = client.DownloadString("https://" + sslServerHost + ":" + sslServerPort + "/"); }