dnf install epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm: Curl error (35) SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection:443

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I've been unable to connect our RedHat server to the EPEL release to install software from that repository. I can get CURL to work fine from an older RedHat 7.6 server, but this new install of 8.5 does not work. I've exhausted all my google searches for a solution to this problem. I did try downloading the RPM manually from my web browser and installing it that way, but I still get these CURL (35) errors even after that is completed when attempting to access the repository to install packages.

dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
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[MIRROR] epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm: Curl error (35): SSL connect error for https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm [OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to dl.fedoraproject.org:443 ]
[MIRROR] epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm: Curl error (35): SSL connect error for https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm [OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to dl.fedoraproject.org:443 ]
[MIRROR] epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm: Curl error (35): SSL connect error for https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm [OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to dl.fedoraproject.org:443 ]
[MIRROR] epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm: Curl error (35): SSL connect error for https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm [OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to dl.fedoraproject.org:443 ]
[FAILED] epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm: Curl error (35): SSL connect error for https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm [OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to dl.fedoraproject.org:443 ]
Curl error (35): SSL connect error for https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm [OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to dl.fedoraproject.org:443 ]

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