WebRequest not responding on IIS 6

Question

I have an application that uses an HTTPWebRequest and works fine on the dev box. This box is running IIS Express 7.5

When deploying this application to another server, running IIS 6, the GetResponse() never returns. There is no error message, no timeout, or anything else. Sample code is as follows:

        string url = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Authority + HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath + String.Format("/FolderName/PageName.aspx");


        WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
        request.Method = "GET";
        request.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;

        request.Headers.Add("x", _x);
        request.Headers.Add("y", _y);
        request.Headers.Add("z", _z);

        // this line never returns in IIS 6
        HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

        Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();

        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);


        string s = reader.ReadToEnd();

        reader.Close();
        dataStream.Close();
        response.Close();

Are you able to verify that the request url is being generated properly, and is in fact what you expect it to be? — CodingGorilla, Mar 21 '12 at 19:58
Yes, with some file io I have output the url and verified it is correct. — Paul, Mar 21 '12 at 20:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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Turns out this was due to invalid SSL Cert on the IIS6 server...

Way to get by is here (for testing purposes only): How do I use WebRequest to access an SSL encrypted site using https?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Mar 22 '12 at 19:01

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