title: Python: SSLError, bad handshake, Unexpected EOF
body: <p>I have an issue with connecting to a specific site using Python requests and get this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>HTTPSConnectionPool(host='XXXXXXXXX', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by SSLError(SSLError("bad handshake: SysCallError(-1, 'Unexpected EOF')",),))</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How can I work around this? (setting verify=False does not make a difference) I'm suspecting the server who's at fault here as it get an overall rating of F @ ssllabs when I run their test</p>
  
  <p>I am fairly new with Python and requests</p>
  
  <p>my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import requests
  try:
      site = requests.get('https://XXXXXXXXXX', verify=True)
      print(site)
  except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
      print(e)
      pass
  </code></pre>