Thanks for the tip fellas. Now I'd like to expand my original query. The credentials method works well :-), but I've ran into another snag. It looks like the page I'm trying to access is using NTLM authentication.

I went ahead and installed LWP::Authen::Ntlm and Authen::NTLM (1.02) and modified my credentials statement to the following:

$agent->credentials ( "host:port", '', 'myusername', 'password' );

With LWP's debug enabled I see that NTLM authentication *is* being attempted. It tries to authenticate three times and comes back with a 401 HTTP error. I know my authentication credentials are correct, so I'm a bit stumped as to why it doesn't proceed.

Once again, any help is greatly appreciated!