Read README.SSL that comes with the install for LWP for instructions to enable SSL in LWP

Excerpt:
"SSL SUPPORT -----------

The libwww-perl package has support for using SSL/TLSv1 with its HTTP client and server classes. This support makes it possible to access https schemed URLs with LWP. Because of the problematic status of encryption software in general and certain encryption algorithms in particular, in several countries, libwww-perl package doesn't include SSL functionality out-of-the-box."

-Lee

"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."