FredKJ has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I need to implement ssl sockets on a Solaris platform for a client-server program. Which is the best SSL.pm to use for this purpose? Has anyone had any experience doing this?

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Re: SSL sockets
by zentara (Cardinal) on Aug 17, 2011 at 19:55 UTC
      Yes I need to use SSL. It looks like IO::Socket:SSLpm is the direction but want to verify.
        Just to be more specific about Net::EasyTCP, it does do RSA encryption with key exchange, but it is slower than other encryption methods. It requires Crypt::RSA, but that still isn't SSL.

        Also check out Net::SSL, it may make things easier to handle the socket.


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        The standard approach is IO::Socket::SSL but Net::SSL will give you more control over the details. I believe zentara was recommending Net::EasyTCP as a simple alternative so you don't have to muck around with generating/buying certs because that's the big pain in the butt when dealing with SSL.

        I suppose I'm just repeating zentara's advice, but it's worth repeating.