IO::Socket::SSL - Timeout IO::Socket::INET configuration failed

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

I'm working on a client/server application where I'm needing an encrypted socket. I've tried using IO::Socket::SSL to do this, but keep coming up with $@ eq "IO::Socket::SSL: Timeout" and &IO::Socket::SSL::errstr() eq "IO::Socket::INET configuration failed" errors. The server does recognize that a connection is attempted and runs the necessary code to open the connection, but it fails immediately on the client-side. The client uses:

use IO::Socket::SSL;

my $client = IO::Socket::SSL->new(PeerAddr => 'destination.server.com'
+, PeerPort => 12345, Proto => 'tcp');
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And the server uses:

use IO::Socket;
use IO::Socket::SSL;
use IO::Select;
use constant PORT    => 43968;

my %client;

my $socket = IO::Socket::SSL->new(LocalPort => PORT, Listen => SOMAXCO
+NN, Proto => 'tcp', SSL_key_file => "./myserver.key", SSL_cert_file =
+> "./myserver.cert", SSL_server => 1, Reuse => 1);
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Anything obviously wrong with this? .. and are there any useful examples or documentation out there for IO::Socket::SSL? I've looked everywhere.. and everything I find is either contradictory to one another .. or it's just plain useless. Thank ya!

update (broquaint): title change (was IO::Socket::SSL)

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Re: IO::Socket::SSL by Jaap (Curate) on Dec 24, 2002 at 11:33 UTC
Did any errors pop up while installing the SSL modules? Did you do the 'make test' parts?	[reply]
Re: Re: IO::Socket::SSL by heyrobot (Initiate) on Dec 25, 2002 at 08:17 UTC
Nope, worked great.. and this happens on multiple machines.. not just the one.	[reply]
Re: IO::Socket::SSL by shotgunefx (Parson) on Dec 24, 2002 at 23:08 UTC
I have a similar problem with using SSL with LWP. It only works for the local ssl server. I've never been able to figure out why it fails only on remote sites, but removing the Timeout paramerter in LWP::Protocol::https fixes it. (It succeeds immediatelly BTW). Couldn't tell you why. Everything else that is compiled with the current version of SSL works fine. (This bug has been going on for several versions.) But removing the timeout magically makes it succeed in negotiating. If it helps, the box I have the problem on is a sparc running linux. (Don't have the version handy) -Lee "To be civilized is to deny one's nature."	[reply]
Re: IO::Socket::SSL - Timeout IO::Socket::INET configuration failed by beernuts (Pilgrim) on Jan 16, 2003 at 23:11 UTC
Dunno if this'll help or not, but if you use openssl on the server or client side like this: `in place of your client code: openssl s_client -debug -connect servername:port` [download] or `in place of your server code: openssl s_server -debug -accept port` [download] and make (or receive) a connection you should get a wealth of info that might help figure out the timing problem. -beernuts	[reply] [d/l] [select]