> This is driving me nuts!! Anyone, please help...
>
> I would like to send an HTTP GET request to a server over SSL and I am
> using System.Net.HttpWebRequest to do so. I have the valid certificate
> installed to the Current User. That's for sure because I am able to
> access the same resource using IE. But my code isn't working. Everytime
> it receives a WebException, whose status is ConnectFailure, which means
> "The remote service point could not be contacted at the transport
> level.", also whose message is as below,
>
> The underlying connection was closed: Unable to connect to the remote
> server.
> Stack:    at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.CheckFinalStatus()
>    at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult
> asyncResult)
>    at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
>
> I've tried to access both a server locating outside and inside of our
> Intranet. The same thing happens that the request was sent to our proxy
> server, no matter if I enable or disable the proxy settings at IE. It
> should be sent straight to the right destination!
>
> I was using Ethereal to capture the packets. While in the case of using
> IE when it's working properly, no matter how the proxy is set, if the
> url contains a DNS name, it at first looks up to the DNS server,
> returns the proper IP address, and then the packets are sent between my
> own computer and the server directly, over SSLv3. But with my code, it
> never goes that far. It always connects to the proxy and ofcourse the
> program got bounced with error message!
>
> Really don't understand
> 1) why the proxy is always playing there even after I've disabled it?
> or
> 2) it's said that HttpWebRequest is using the same network settings
> with IE but seems it isn't?
> 3) with unmanaged C++, it's quite simple by just setting one flag when
> establing the HTTPS and before that loading the right certificate to
> the system store. How is C# different from this scenario? Even if
> there's a difference, .NET is meant to be simpler but not complexer!
>
> Thanks for any comments. Am really desperate here....
>