The latest articles on DEV Community by Ashish Agarkar (@ashisha13). https://dev.to/ashisha13 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F288227%2Fc7d2012b-f9fd-4b8c-99cf-88e6b81d67ec.png https://dev.to/ashisha13 en Ashish Agarkar Fri, 03 Jan 2020 21:46:41 +0000 https://dev.to/ashisha13/answer-fatal-unable-to-access-https-github-com-xxx-openssl-sslconnect-sslerrorsyscall-in-connection-to-github-com-443-23m8 https://dev.to/ashisha13/answer-fatal-unable-to-access-https-github-com-xxx-openssl-sslconnect-sslerrorsyscall-in-connection-to-github-com-443-23m8 <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <h1> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--pTF_nE4a--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49345357/fatal-unable-to-access-https-github-com-xxx-openssl-ssl-connect-ssl-error/51433565#51433565" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span class="title-flare">answer</span> re: fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/xxx': OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to github.com:443 </a> </h1> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Jul 20 '18</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49345357/fatal-unable-to-access-https-github-com-xxx-openssl-ssl-connect-ssl-error/51433565#51433565" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--5MiFESHx--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 18 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Rk_a5QFN--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>After reinstalling Git did nothing, I found an <a href="https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/3326" rel="noreferrer">issue on GitHub</a> that helped me solve it. </p> <p>In your terminal run this command first:</p> <pre><code>git config --global http.sslBackend "openssl" </code></pre> <p>Then this one:</p> <pre><code>git config --global http.sslCAInfo "C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\ssl\cert.pem" </code></pre> <p>You may need to change your path depending on where you have it…</p> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49345357/fatal-unable-to-access-https-github-com-xxx-openssl-ssl-connect-ssl-error/51433565#51433565" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Answer</a> </div> </div>