#!/usr/bin/perl use IO::Socket; $host = "www.citizensbankonline.com"; $port = 443; $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => $host, PeerPort => $port, Proto => "tcp", Type => SOCK_STREAM, Timeout => 5, Reuse => 1) or die "Couldn't connect to $remote_host:$remote_port : $@.\n"; print $socket "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n"; print while(<$socket>); close $socket;