#!/usr/bin/perl use IO::Socket::SSL qw(debug3); my $client = IO::Socket::SSL->new( PeerAddr => 'IP', PeerPort => 'PORT' SSL_verify_mode => 0x00 ); ##SSL_version => 'SSLv3' if(defined $client){ print <$client>; close $client; }else{ warn "I encountered a problem: ",IO::Socket::SSL::errstr(); } exit;