use Socket qw(:DEFAULT :crlf);
use IO::Handle;


my ($remote, $iaddr, $paddr, $proto, $line, $response);
    
$remote  = $client || 'localhost';
$port    = $port || 8086;  # random port
if ($port =~ m/\D/) { $port = getservbyname($port, 'tcp') }
die "Bad port" unless $port;
$iaddr   = inet_aton($remote) or die "can't connect: $remote";
$paddr   = sockaddr_in($port, $iaddr);
    
$proto   = getprotobyname('tcp');
socket(SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or die "socket: $!";
connect(SOCK, $paddr) or die "connect: $!";
    
SOCK->autoflush(1);

print SOCK $encrypted_message . CRLF;