my $socket = IO::Socket::SSL->new ( PeerAddr => 'some.server.com', PeerPort => 443, SSL_cipher_list => 'ECDH+AES128:ECDH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AES:DH+AESGCM:DH+AES256:RSA+AES:RSA+AESGCM:!aNULL:!RC4:!MD5:!DSS:!3DES:!SSLv3', # ... more options here );