wget ssl alert handshake failure

Question

I am trying to download files from an https site and keep getting the following error:

OpenSSL: error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert ha         


        

Answer 1

You probably have an old version of wget. I suggest installing wget using Chocolatey, the package manager for Windows. This should give you a more recent version (if not the latest).

Run this command after having installed Chocolatey (as Administrator):

choco install wget