title: GitHub - HTTPS access
body: <p>I am unable to clone my repository via HTTPS:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git clone https://github.com/walterjwhite/project.configuration.git
  Initialized empty Git repository in ./project.configuration/.git/
  error: Failed connect to github.com:443; Connection refused while accessing https://github.com/walterjwhite/project.configuration.git/info/refs
  fatal: HTTP request failed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have configured .netrc with my login and password as well as the machine or server I am connecting to.</p>