nc -k -l localhost 9999 # on Linux, for multiple requests
    nc -l -p 9999 localhost # on Cygwin, for one request only

##</code><code>##

    use strict;
    use LWP::UserAgent;
    use HTTP::Request::Common;

    print 'LWP::UserAgent::VERSION  ', $LWP::UserAgent::VERSION, "\n";
    print 'IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION ', $IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION, "\n";

    my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new( timeout => 5, keep_alive => 1 );
    $ua->ssl_opts( timeout => 5, Timeout => 5 ); # Yes - see note below!
    my $rsp = $ua->request( GET 'https://localhost:9999' );
    if ( $rsp->is_success ) {
      print $rsp->as_string;
    } else {
      die $rsp->status_line;
    }

##</code><code>##

    LWP::UserAgent::VERSION  6.02
    IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION 1.44
    # on Linux
    
    LWP::UserAgent::VERSION  6.02
    IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION 1.44
    # on Win32