http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.825/README.SSL
http://search.cpan.org/~dland/Crypt-SSLeay-0.57/SSLeay.pm#SSL_versions
Crypt::SSLeay tries very hard to connect to any SSL web server accomodating servers that are buggy, old or simply not standards-compliant. To this effect, this module will try SSL connections in this order: 
  SSL v23 - should allow v2 and v3 servers to pick their best type
  SSL v3  - best connection type
  SSL v2  - old connection type

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Unfortunately, some servers seem not to handle a reconnect to SSL v3 after a failed connect of SSL v23 is tried, so you may set before using LWP or Net::SSL: 
  $ENV{HTTPS_VERSION} = 3;

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to force a version 3 SSL connection first. At this time only a version 2 SSL connection will be tried after this, as the connection attempt order remains unchanged by this setting.

In reply to Re: SSL Version Mystery by Anonymous Monk
in thread SSL Version Mystery by RiscIt

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