Unable to read data from the transport connection : An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

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I received this error when calling a web-service. The issue was also related to transport level security. I could call the web-service through a website project, but when reusing the same code in a test project I would get a WebException that contained this message. Adding the following line before making the call resolved the issue:

System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls | SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;

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System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol – This property
selects the version of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport
Layer Security (TLS) protocol to use for new connections that use the
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) scheme only; existing
connections are not changed.

I believe the SecurityProtocol configuration is important during the TLS handshake when selecting the protocol version.

TLS handshake – This protocol is used to exchange all the information required by both sides for the exchange of the actual application data by TLS.

ClientHello – A client sends a ClientHello message specifying the highest TLS protocol version it supports …

ServerHello – The server responds with a ServerHello message, containing the chosen protocol version … The chosen protocol version should be the highest that both the client and server support. For example, if the client supports TLS version 1.1 and the server supports version 1.2, version 1.1 should be selected; version 1.2 should not be selected.

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