Ok, checked the SELinux status: 
# cat /selinux/enforce
1

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was set to enforcing, did the following: 
# echo 0 >/selinux/enforce

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It now writes the files and no longer gets the "could not open socket" error. Now it is timing out on the DNS Resolver, httpd log: 
[Wed Apr 08 10:51:09 2009] [error] [client 209.18.32.79] Name "main::r
+everse" used only once: possible typo at /var/www/cgi-bin/ipsectest/i
+psectest.pl line 98., referer: http://inoc.cdptpa.rr.com/tools/ipsect
+est.html

[Wed Apr 08 10:53:09 2009] [warn] [client 209.18.32.79] Timeout waitin
+g for output from CGI script /var/www/cgi-bin/ipsectest/ipsectest.pl,
+ referer: http://inoc.cdptpa.rr.com/tools/ipsectest.html

[Wed Apr 08 10:53:09 2009] [error] [client 209.18.32.79] (70007)The ti
+meout specified has expired: ap_content_length_filter: apr_bucket_rea
+d() failed, referer: http://inoc.cdptpa.rr.com/tools/ipsectest.html

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Changed the Resolvers nameserver variable and the output is fine now. SELinux apparently was the culprit. Thanks for the help.

In reply to Re^2: Perl?Apache issue on newly installed server by Dranzaz
in thread Perl?Apache issue on newly installed server by Dranzaz

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