SAS ERROR: Cannot load SSL support. on Microsoft Windows

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When using SAS with HTTPS or FTPS, which requires SSL/TLS support, you may see this error message in the SAS log.


ERROR: Cannot load SSL support.

Here is an example of code that can trigger the error.


filename myref url "https://www.google.com";
data _null_;
infile myref;
run;

The cause was that

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