in reply to Certificates...

Is the web server you are tring to connect to doing Client Auth. SSL?

If it is doing Client Auth then you need to know what conditions the server has to accept the client auth. SSL before you can make the certificate and try to login to the site. Once you have the certificate you can use the LWP after you install a few moduals (do a super search for their names) and make $ENV{HTTPS_CERT_FILE} and $ENV{HTTPS_KEY_FILE} point to the right files

If the server is doing normal SSL you can use the Normal LWP stuff after you install a few CPAN moduals (The same super search from above should point you in the direction for that.)

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Pug

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Re: Re: Certificates...
by saz (Initiate) on Mar 17, 2003 at 21:10 UTC
    Thanks.... that is what I needed to know.... LWP will handle all the transaction stuff once I set those environment variables. Now the only question is 'WHERE DO I GET THESE FILES FROM?' Thank you Pug.
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      Saz,

      No problem.
      As for getting the certificates.. Talk to the webmaster. Sorry not a perl or techincal issue. I really can't help on this. 8)
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      Pug

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      It depends. You may need one from a commercial CA e.g thawte or from a CA associated with the site. Check with the site admin as Pug suggested.

      --traveler

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        Yeah, I think thats the problem, I am now using openssl to generate them, I just don't know what to generate!
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