FWIW, I've had a similar problem for the last 4 months with my smokers. The problem was with LWP::UserAgent and LWP::Protocol::https. I my case, I was using an external tar program. I solved the problem by doing:

cpan> o conf init prefer_external_tar
cpan>        <prefer_external_tar>
  Use the external tar program instead of Archive::Tar? [no]
cpan> o conf commit
[download]

Next, reinstall Crypt::SSLeay