Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS with authority '*'

Question

I must consume a PHP webservice which has a SSL certificate. My .net 3.5 Class library references the webservice with \'Add Service references\' in Visualstudio 2010 (WCF ri

Answer 1

This error can occur for lots of reasons, and the last time, I solved it by modifying the Reference.svcmap file, and changing how the WSDL file is referenced.

Throwing exception:

Working fine:

This seems weird, but I have reproduced it. This was in a console application on .NET 4.5 and 4.7, as well as a .NET WebAPI site on 4.7.