Since two days i can't generate bitly url. Here is the error i am having: 
    $VAR1 = bless( {
                 '_content' => 'Can\'t connect to api-ssl.bitly.com:44
+3
    LWP::Protocol::https::Socket: SSL connect attempt failed with unkn
+own error error:0D0C50A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_item_verify:unkn
+own message digest algorithm at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/LWP/Prot
+ocol/http.pm line 51.
    ', '_rc' => 500,
                 '_headers' => bless( {
                                        'client-warning' => 'Internal 
+response',
                                        'client-date' => 'Wed, 15 Apr 
+2015 18:08:08 GMT',
                                        'content-type' => 'text/plain'
                                      }, 'HTTP::Headers' ),
                 '_msg' => 'Can\'t connect to api-ssl.bitly.com:443',
                 '_request' => bless( {
                                        '_content' => '',
                                        '_uri' => bless( do{\(my $o = 
+'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v3/shorten?login=LOGIN&apiKey=API_KEY&long
+url=LONG_URL')}, 'URI::https' ),
                                        '_headers' => bless( {
                                                               'user-a
+gent' => 'libwww-perl/6.04'
                                                             }, 'HTTP:
+:Headers' ),
                                        '_method' => 'GET'
                                      }, 'HTTP::Request' )
               }, 'HTTP::Response' );

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cat /etc/issue.net     
   
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS    
openssl version -a     
OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009    
built on: Mon Aug 18 16:08:20 UTC 2014     
platform: debian-amd64     
options:  bn(64,64) md2(int) rc4(ptr,char) des(idx,cisc,16,int) blowfi
+sh(ptr2)        
compiler: cc -fPIC -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT
+ -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -m64 -DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -Wa,--noexec
+stack -g -Wall -DMD32_REG_T=int -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DSHA1_ASM -DSH
+A256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAES_ASM      
    
apt-cache policy openssl      
openssl:    
  Installed: 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.21     
  Candidate: 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.27   
  Version table:     
     0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.27 0     
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packa
+ges    
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Pac
+kages    
 *** 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.21 0     
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status     
     0.9.8k-7ubuntu8 0      
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages     

   
   
    $ perl -MIO::Socket::SSL -e 'print $IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION'   
    1.74    
    $ perl -MIO::Socket::SSL -e 'print $Net::SSLeay::VERSION'    
    1.48    
    $ perl -MIO::Socket::SSL -e 'print $LWP::Protocol::https::VERSION'
+  
    $ perl -MLWP -le "print(LWP->VERSION)"    
     6.04     
    $ perl -MIO::Socket::SSL -e 'print Net::SSLeay::OPENSSL_VERSION_NU
+MBER()'   
    9470143

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Any insight appreciated.

In reply to LWP Can't connect to api-ssl.bitly.com by Anonymous Monk

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