hi, i downloaded minecraft version 1.18.1 and gave up. Then I wanted to install 1.71.1 but I get the "Failed to download version manifest, can not find client jar URL." error. I deleted Java and installed version 8 but still the error persists.

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JVM info: Oracle Corporation - 1.8.0_311 - 25.311-b11
java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
Found java version 1.8.0_311
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Couldn't kickstart handshaking
    at sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(Unknown Source)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.getConnection(DownloadUtils.java:243)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.downloadMirrors(DownloadUtils.java:293)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.json.Install.getMirror(Install.java:117)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.InstallerPanel.updateFilePath(InstallerPanel.java:369)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.InstallerPanel.<init>(InstallerPanel.java:350)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.launchGui(SimpleInstaller.java:174)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.main(SimpleInstaller.java:147)
    Suppressed: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Unknown Source)
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketOutputRecord.encodeAlert(Unknown Source)
        ... 17 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketOutputRecord.flush(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeOutStream.flush(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$ClientHelloKickstartProducer.produce(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.kickstart(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshakeContext.kickstart(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.kickstart(Unknown Source)
    ... 15 more
Extracting json
Considering minecraft client jar
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Couldn't kickstart handshaking
    at sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(Unknown Source)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.getConnection(DownloadUtils.java:243)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.downloadManifest(DownloadUtils.java:307)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.json.Util.getVanillaVersion(Util.java:73)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.actions.ClientInstall.run(ClientInstall.java:89)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.InstallerPanel.run(InstallerPanel.java:423)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.launchGui(SimpleInstaller.java:175)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.main(SimpleInstaller.java:147)
    Suppressed: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Unknown Source)
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketOutputRecord.encodeAlert(Unknown Source)
        ... 17 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketOutputRecord.flush(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeOutStream.flush(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$ClientHelloKickstartProducer.produce(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.kickstart(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshakeContext.kickstart(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.kickstart(Unknown Source)
    ... 15 more