I need to turn off ssl verification for mechanize?? currently I have been using WWW::Mechanize and Win32::IE::Mechanize to do form automation. I have used LWP in the past and been able to past the hostname checking of ssl via setting the environment variable as such. $ENV{PERL_MECH_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = '0'; if there is no way to do this then I would have to find a way to have LWP submit the login form.