Three possibilities:

• I assume you are behind a proxy. Try to set the HTTP_proxy, HTTP_proxy_user and HTTP_proxy_pass environment variables. Then use ppm again:

  $ set http_proxy=http://xxx.xxx.xxx.x:yyyy
  $ set http_proxy_user=username
  $ set http_proxy_pass=password
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  where x is the ip-address of the proxy, and y the port.
  
  
• Surf to the repository and download the PPD-file. Open it with a text-editor. Identify the line that says <CODEBASE HREF="x86/Convert-ASN1-0.14-PPM.tar.gz" />. Download that tar.gz-file. Put both files in a directory, the tarball must be saved relative to the ppd as stated in the ppd (here ./x86). Add that directory as a repository to ppm.

  ppm> rep add local /path/to/ppd
  [download]

  Then install the module with ppm.
  
  
• Download only the tarball, extract it and copy the files to appropriate places in the perl library tree.

Here are the locations of the repositories. I forgot them last night. The list is different, because I am at work now.

ppm> rep
Repositories:
[ 1] kv
[ 2] ActiveState Package Repository
[ 3] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[ 4] apache
[ 5] theory
[ 6] CRAZY
[ 7] BRIBE
[ 8] perlxml
[ 9] crazy58
[10] datetime
[11] soulcage58
[12] sablot
[13] bribes
[14] jenda
[15] theory58S
[16] esoft
[17] theory58
[18] savage
[19] openi
[20] roth
ppm> rep desc 11
Describing Active Repository 11:
    Name: soulcage58
Location: http://www.soulcage.net/ppds.58/
    Type: Webpage
ppm> rep desc 15
Describing Active Repository 15:
    Name: theory58S
Location: http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms
    Type: Webpage
ppm>
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