download - Wget returning error: "Unable to establish SSL connection."

When I try to run Wget with the following options:

E:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin>wget -p --html-extension --convert-links --no-check-certificate https://minecraft.net/en-us/
SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
syswgetrc = E:\Program Files\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc
--2017-02-24 10:38:01--  https://minecraft.net/en-us/
Resolving minecraft.net... 52.84.24.33, 52.84.24.150, 52.84.24.230, ...
Connecting to minecraft.net|52.84.24.33|:443... connected.
OpenSSL: error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure
Unable to establish SSL connection.

I get the error: Unable to establish SSL connection. The website that I am trying to download is safe.

I have also tried to change the protocol to SSLv3, but it still is not working.

Can someone tell me why it is doing this and how to get around it?

Answer

As SSL Labs shows, only TLSv1.0 and above are supported by minecraft.net. You can't use SSLv3 with it. It's likely that your version of wget doesn't support this (possibly due to being too old). Try upgrading it.