I want to do a simple C++ web get, similar to what is done by this curl command. I must use boost 1.49 curl https://mysite.dev -k --cert C:\work\testCert.pem The server is requiring the client certificate. I started by using this example http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_49_0/doc/html/boost_asio/example/ssl/client.... and I added modifications by adding calls to the context like ctx.set_verify_mode(boost::asio::ssl::verify_peer); ctx.set_options(boost::asio::ssl::context::default_workarounds); ctx.use_certificate_file("C:\\work\\testCert.pem", boost::asio::ssl::context_base::pem); ctx.use_private_key_file("C:\\work\\testKey.pem", boost::asio::ssl::context_base::pem); but I keep getting messages like Connect failed: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it Any help or direction would be very appreciated, Thanks, Jim