----- Original Message -----
From: "Marko Asplund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: Trouble with HTTPS: and PERL
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Sisyphus wrote:
>
> > I don't think LWP supports 'https' protocol. Note that '$req' is a
> > 'HTTP::Request' (not 'HTTPS::Request) object.
> > You'll need to install 'Net::SSLeay' or 'Crypt::SSLeay' modules.
>
> the newer versions of LWP support http over ssl/tls but you need to have
> either the Net::SSLeay+IO::Socket::SSL or Crypt::SSLeay module installed.
> check the README.SSL.
>
I was unaware of that claim - thanks for taking the time to draw it to my
attention.
Have you successfully used LWP to connect to https sites ? After reading the
readme.ssl, I don't doubt that it can be done, but I do wonder just how much
"plugging" and "playing" is required.
By my reading of the readme, I think it might be suggesting that those 3
modules be used *instead of* (as opposed to 'in conjunction with') LWP for
connections to secure sites.
I have both Net::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL (but not Crypt::SSLeay) and am
unable to get LWP::UserAgent to play ball with https sites. This is of no
practical significance, since Net::SSLeay alone does the job perfectly :-)
Whatever the case...... I did say that I thought one of the 2 SSLeay modules
was required - and that was wrong.
Thanks for the correction.
Cheers,
Rob
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