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Building PowerShell in Windows results in a mismatch in security certificates #6233

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@CallmeJoeBob

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This issue is caused by a mismatch in TLS certification. Windows Powershell ships with version 1 of TLS, while Github requires version 1.2.

Steps to reproduce

When building PowerShell, run the Start-PSBootstrap script

PS C:> Start-PSBootstrap
Installing PowerShell build dependencies
dotnet is already installed.  Skipping installation.
pwsh.exe not found. Install latest PowerShell Core release and add it to Path
VERBOSE: Destination: C:\Users\joelj\AppData\Local\Microsoft\powershell
VERBOSE: About to download package from
'https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v6.0.1/PowerShell-6.0.1-win-x64.zip'
Invoke-WebRequest : The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.
At D:\HackIllinois2018\Powershell\PowerShell\tools\install-powershell.ps1:139 char:9
+         Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadURL -OutFile $packagePath
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebExc
   eption
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

Expected behavior

Script is able to establish a secure channel that matches default Windows certificates

Actual behavior

Error is returned: The request was aborted: could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.

Environment data

> $PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.16299.248
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.16299.248
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

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