Is there a way/location to post my binaries for other monks to use ?

There is no need. Grab yourself a copy of PPM::Repositories and add some repositories to your ppm configuration.

E:\>ppm3-bin
PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.0.1.
Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState SRL. All Rights Reserved.

Entering interactive shell. Using Term::ReadLine::Stub as readline lib
+rary.

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+ally,
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+ for
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ppm> rep
Repositories:
[1] ppm
[2] crazy
[3] jenda
[4] theory
ppm> s *SSLea*
Searching in Active Repositories
  1. Crypt-SSLeay  [0.51]
  2. Crypt-SSLeay  [0.51] OpenSSL glue that provides LWP https support
  3. Net_SSLeay.pm [1.25] Perl extension for using OpenSSL
ppm> desc 1
====================
Package 1:
    Name: Crypt-SSLeay
 Version: 0.51
  Author:
   Title: Crypt-SSLeay
Abstract:
Location: crazy
Available Platforms:
       1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
====================
ppm> desc 2
====================
Package 2:
    Name: Crypt-SSLeay
 Version: 0.51
  Author: Joshua Chamas <josh (at) chamas dot com>
   Title: Crypt-SSLeay
Abstract: OpenSSL glue that provides LWP https support
Location: theory
Available Platforms:
       1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
====================
ppm> desc --dump 1
====================
Package 1:
<SOFTPKG NAME="Crypt-SSLeay" VERSION="0,51,0,0">
    <TITLE>Crypt-SSLeay</TITLE>
    <ABSTRACT></ABSTRACT>
    <AUTHOR></AUTHOR>
    <IMPLEMENTATION>
        <OS NAME="MSWin32" />
        <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8" />
        <INSTALL EXEC="PPM_PERL"
HREF="http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/scripts/install_ssl"
+>install_ssl</INSTALL>
        <CODEBASE HREF="Crypt-SSLeay-0.51.tar.gz" />
    </IMPLEMENTATION>
</SOFTPKG>
====================
ppm> desc --dump 2
====================
Package 2:
<SOFTPKG NAME="Crypt-SSLeay" VERSION="0,51,0,0">
        <TITLE>Crypt-SSLeay</TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT>OpenSSL glue that provides LWP https support</ABSTRA
+CT>
        <AUTHOR>Joshua Chamas &lt;josh (at) chamas dot com&gt;</AUTHOR
+>
        <IMPLEMENTATION>
                <OS NAME="MSWin32" />
                <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8" />
                <CODEBASE HREF="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/x86/
+Crypt-SSLeay.tar.gz" />
        </IMPLEMENTATION>
</SOFTPKG>
====================
ppm> install 1
Package 1:
Note: Package 'Crypt-SSLeay' is already installed.
====================
Install 'Crypt-SSLeay' version 0.51 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.804.
====================
Downloaded 20558 bytes.
Extracting 26/26: blib/lib/Net/SSL.pm
Files found in blib\arch: installing files in blib\lib into architectu
+re dependent library tree
Writing G:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Crypt\SSLeay\.packlist

A copy of the needed library libeay32.dll was found in your PATH
environment variable, under G:\perl\bin. If this is
compatible with the version (0.9.7a) used to compile the
Perl module, no further action is needed to complete the installation.

Fetch libeay32.dll? [no]
Aborting download of libeay32.dll.

A copy of the needed library ssleay32.dll was found in your PATH
environment variable, under G:\perl\bin. If this is
compatible with the version (0.9.7a) used to compile the
Perl module, no further action is needed to complete the installation.

Fetch ssleay32.dll? [no]
Aborting download of ssleay32.dll.
Successfully installed Crypt-SSLeay version 0.51 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.8
+04.
ppm>
ppm> rep desc theory
Describing Active Repository 4:
    Name: theory
Location: http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServe
+r58
    Type: PPMServer 2.0
ppm> rep desc crazy
Describing Active Repository 2:
    Name: crazy
Location: http://crazyinsomniac.perlmonk.org/perl/ppm/5.8
    Type: Webpage
ppm>
ppm>q
[download]

So it appears that Randy Kobes (theory guy), mispackaged his latest release of Crypt-SSLeay (namely he forgot about http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/scripts/install_ssl).

update: I've emailed him and he's fixed it (you should see something similar to what you see when installing from my repository).

- It seems to me that the CPAN distribution of this module needs to be fixed - I'd like some consensus/direction on this issue before attempting to whine to CPAN and the author(s).

How so (i don't recall anything being broken)?

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