Why might Perl allow for http websites using TOR but not https?

census has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am having difficulty using perl to visit a website via TOR if it is an https site but not if it is an http site.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;

use WWW::Mechanize;
use LWP::Protocol::socks;
use LWP::Protocol::https;
use utf8;

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->proxy(['http', 'https'], 'socks://localhost:9150');
$mech->get("https://www.google.com");
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I am receiving the error message: Error GETing https://www.google.com: Status read failed: Bad file descriptor at line 10," where line i10 is the last line of the program.

In the TOR browser, I can successfully view: "https://www.google.com" with a port of 9150. I am using ActivePerl 5.16.2; Vadalia 0.2.21 and Tor 0.2.3.25. I have a Windows machine and my primary internet browser is Mozilla.

I have tried installing packages with the commands:

cpan LWP::UserAgent
ppm install LWP::Protocol::https
cpan LWP::Protocol::https
ppm install LWP::Protocol::socks
cpan LWP::Protocol::socks
ppm install Mozilla::CA
ppm install IO::Socket::SSL
ppm install Crypt::SSLeay
cpan Crypt::SSLeay
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Re: Why might Perl allow for http websites using TOR but not https? by moritz (Cardinal) on Mar 21, 2013 at 18:23 UTC
I have tried installing packages with the commands: And which of these succeeded? Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed	[reply]
Re^2: Why might Perl allow for http websites using TOR but not https? by census (Initiate) on Mar 21, 2013 at 18:25 UTC
Do you mean you want to know if any of those packages installed successfully onto my computer? I believe all or most did. I can double check if that is your question. I had just wanted to be clear on solutions that I had tried.	[reply]
Re^3: Why might Perl allow for http websites using TOR but not https? by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 21, 2013 at 22:16 UTC
Your statement that you "believe all or most" installed properly is WAAAAAY short of a definitive answer. If any failed, that failure might be the cause of your problem. So check, and check back with a complete answer. If you didn't program your executable by toggling in binary, it wasn't really programming!	[reply]