WebCopy allows you to configure which security protocols to use.
Configuring which security protocols to use
Some websites can only be accessed if TLS 1.1 or 1.2 is enabled. By default, WebCopy enables all protocols, including the legacy SSL3 protocol. If trying to crawl a website fails with a "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host" error, this may be due to disabling required protocols.
- From the Project Properties dialog, expand the Advanced option and click SSL
- Check each protocol you wish to use
- Click OK to save your changes
Ignoring SSL errors
If the SSL certificate associated with a website is invalid or untrusted, WebCopy will refuse to copy the site. You can force such sites to be copied by ignoring certificate errors.
Due to the security risks of compromised websites, enabling this setting is not recommended
- From the Project Properties dialog, expand the Advanced option and click SSL
- Check the Ignore SSL errors option
- Click OK to save your changes
See Also
Customizing Projects
- Customizing Projects
- Specifying the web site
- Specifying the save folder
- Remapping extensions
- Specifying how a website is crawled
- Specifying default documents
- Crawling additional root URL's
- Updating local time stamps
- Scanning custom attributes
- Fixing sites using mixed prefixes
- Extracting inline data