Re: Post to SSL Site

A simple hit of search.cpan.org for https lwp would have show you Crypt::SSLeay, with the description "OpenSSL glue that provides LWP https support". As to windows, the docs note that ActiveState has a PPM build available. (ppm from the commandline, install Crypt::SSLeay from the ppm commandline, should do it.) For that matter, LWP comes with a file named README.SSL that contains much the same information (and also points out IO::Socket::SSL, which I did not know about).

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Re: Re: Post to SSL Site by dws (Chancellor) on Sep 11, 2003 at 20:29 UTC
(ppm from the commandline, install Crypt::SSLeay from the ppm commandline, should do it.) Unfortunately, ActiveState hasn't had a PPM for Crypt::SSLeay available for several months. I have no idea why not. Neither do they have IO::Socket::SSL, unless it's hidden in a bundle somewhere. If there's a solution for the problem for ActiveState that doesn't involve building from source using tools that I don't have, I'd love to hear about it.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Post to SSL Site by iburrell (Chaplain) on Sep 11, 2003 at 22:20 UTC
There are Crypt::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL ActivePerl packages in third-party repositories. Both http://thoeryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/ and http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/ have them for 5.6.	[reply]