TLS using Perl

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

I'd like to know if it's possible to get older Perls (earlier than 5.12.x) to talk TLS. I'm working on using SOAP::Lite to talk to an API; reading the documentation on this module, it isn't immediately apparent whether I can ask earlier Perls to make a TLS connection rather than the default SSLv3 connection.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

Comment on TLS using Perl < 5.12?

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Re: TLS using Perl < 5.12? by Anonymous Monk on May 16, 2012 at 14:08 UTC
Principally yes, since it uses IO::Socket::SSL.	[reply]
Re^2: TLS using Perl < 5.12? by talexb (Chancellor) on May 16, 2012 at 14:14 UTC
Principally yes, since it uses IO::Socket::SSL. So you're suggesting that I should be able to upgrade the older Perl versions to use IO::Socket::SSL? Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply]
Re^3: TLS using Perl < 5.12? by Anonymous Monk on May 16, 2012 at 14:30 UTC
Yes, see http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/I/IO-Socket-SSL.html	[reply]