I answered my own question (though information others might have on the subject would still be welcome!) Documentation for IO::Socket::SSL is available at http://search.cpan.org/doc/ASPA/IO-Socket-SSL-0.80/lib/IO/Socket/SSL.pm (where I swear to God I looked earlier without finding it) and the solution to all my problems (for now, at least) is 
my $socket = IO::Socket::SSL->new(
                          PeerAddr => "$remote_host:$remote_port",
                          PeerPort => $remote_port,
                          Proto    => "tcp",       
                          SSL_verify_mode=>0x00
                          ) or die "unable to create socket: $!\n";;

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From the documentation:
SSL_verify_mode
Type of verification process which is to be performed upon a peer certificate. This can be a combination of 0x00 (don't verify), 0x01 (verify peer), 0x02 (fail verification if there's no peer certificate), and 0x04 (verify client once). Default: verify peer.

In reply to Re: POSTing data via SSL by eldritch
in thread POSTing data via SSL by eldritch

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