<p>I'm using wget to connect to a secure site like this:</p>

<p><code>wget -nc -i inputFile</code></p>

<p>where inputeFile consists of URLs like this:</p>

<p><code><a href="https://clientWebsite.com/TheirPageName.asp?orderValue=1.00&amp;merchantID=36&amp;programmeID=92&amp;ref=foo&amp;Ofaz=0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://clientWebsite.com/TheirPageName.asp?orderValue=1.00&amp;merchantID=36&amp;programmeID=92&amp;ref=foo&amp;Ofaz=0</a></code></p>

<p>This page returns a small gif file.  For some reason, this is taking around 2.5 minutes.  When I paste the same URL into a browser, I get back a response within seconds.  </p>

<p>Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?</p>

<p>The version of wget, by the way, is "GNU Wget 1.9+cvs-stable (Red Hat modified)"</p>

Try forging your UserAgent
```
```
-U "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-GB; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070206 Firefox/3.0.1"
```
```
Disable Ceritificate Checking ( slow )
```
```
--no-check-certificate
```
```
Debug whats happening by enabling verbostity
```
```
-v
```
```
Eliminate need for DNS lookups:
Hardcode thier IP address in your HOSTS file
```
```
/etc/hosts 
123.122.121.120  foo.bar.com
```
```