Hello Folks!
Environment:
libwww-perl: 5.805 Crypt::SSLeay -- 0.51 OS: Solaris 8 Perl: 5.8.4
Issue Summary: Issue with SSL POST operation.
I have a script that randomly fails against devices using HTTPS example: I run the script 3 times aganst the same device and all works ok. Then the next 3 runs fail. Then the next run works. I receive these types of messages: StatusLine500 Server closed connection without sending any data back StatusLine500 EOF When the script is run on our old dev server using libwww-perl: 5.79; it seems to work everytime ok. However, it randomly fails when using libwww-perl: 5.803 or 5.805. Any suggestions on how to debug this? I would appreciate any feedback at all! :) 
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;                # create new user agent obje
+ct
$url = "$baseUrl$urlConfigFile";        # create URL for getting confi
+g ascii file

# set up HTTP REQUEST object
$httpReq = HTTP::Request->new(POST=>$url) ;            # init Request 
+object
$httpReq-> content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded') ;
$httpReq->content('DownloadFormat=ascii');            # pass form vari
+ables
$httpReq-> authorization_basic($UID, $upassw) ;        # credentials
$strReq = $httpReq->as_string( );        # debug dump of Request objec
+t

print "\nThe Request:\n$strReq\n";
print "\n\nNow get the WSD config ascii file.\n";
print "Submitting browser request using url [$url].\n";

$httpResp = $ua->request($httpReq) ;                # launch request

$statusLine = $httpResp->status_line();
$statusCode = $httpResp->code();
$statusMsg = $httpResp->message();
print "HTTP Response: StatusLine[$statusLine] Code[$statusCode] Messag
+e[$statusMsg]\n";
if ($httpResp->is_success) {
    print "Request OK.\n";
}
else {
    die "Request failed.\n";
}
# ok, save content to file
open(FILEO, ">$asciiFile") || die "Error $! Could not open file $ascii
+File.\n";
print FILEO $httpResp->content;
close(FILEO);

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Example run: 
./getwsd4.pl device-b 10.10.10.10 1900 admin admin
Processing devName [device-b] ip addr [10.10.10.10].
Using libwww-perl-5.803
Output file is [/export/ieapps/local/test/device-b.asc].
Base URL [https://10.10.10.10:1900]

The Request:
POST https://10.10.10.10:1900/dynamic/File/Configuration/ReceivefromDe
+vice
Authorization: Basic ZG16c3VwcDpmaXNINHNAIWU=
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

DownloadFormat=ascii



Now get the WSD config ascii file.
Submitting browser request using url [https://10.10.10.10:1900/dynamic
+/File/Configuration/ReceivefromDevice].
HTTP Response: StatusLine[500 EOF] Code[500] Message[EOF]
Request failed.

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