Hi, Ive been trying out the LWP module to post data to another server and get a response from that server which is then printed to the users screen.. I can get the the program to run from the commandline but when I run it from the web (cgi) it fails as follows:

Insecure Dependency in require while running with -T switch 501 Can't locate object method "new" via package "LWP::Protocol::http"

If I do the unwise thing and remove the -T switch then it will work in CGI mode.. My question is "whats going on?".. Is the error due to a tainted string being added to @INC or is the LWP response handler at fault? How do I test these and consequently fix them? Maybe in CGI mode it cant find the LWP module? Any help appreciated. Thanks

In reply to using LWP in Taint Mode by hoops99

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