LWP::Simple Certificate Problem

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

Here's something that works on a Fedora 20 box:

#!/bin/bash
if curl "https://www.dtdns.com/api/autodns.cfm?id=skunk.dtdns.net&pw=p
+assword";
  then
  :
else
  echo Failed
fi
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But when I code the same thing in Perl, it fails .. unless I use an http connection.

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use LWP::Simple;
if( defined(my $Response=get(
  "https://www.dtdns.com/api/autodns.cfm?id=skunk.dtdns.net&pw=passwor
+d")) ){
   print "$Response\n"
}
else { print "Update failed\n" }
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Anyone able to suggest what's happening here?

Comment on LWP::Simple Certificate Problem Select or Download Code

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Re: LWP::Simple Certificate Problem by Corion (Patriarch) on May 04, 2014 at 10:00 UTC
Most likely, you are using an earlier version of LWP::UserAgent, or have the wrong setup for SSL keys. For a better diagnosis, don't use LWP::Simple but the full LWP::UserAgent. Most likely you will then see a warning by Crypt::SSLeay or some other module about the keys not matching, a CA not being found or something like that.	[reply]