title: PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest throws WebCmdletResponseException
body: <p>When executing the line <code>Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/date.html</code> PowerShell throws <code>WebCmdletResponseException</code>. How can I get more information about it, and what may be causing this? While I can successfully get the contents of the page using Python, but in PowerShell it throws an exception.</p>
  
  <p>Full exception:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code>Invoke-WebRequest : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.
  At line:1 char:1
  + Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/date.html
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebExc
     eption
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>