Yep, this works until one wants to access HTTPS pages on a web server that is using self signed certificates.
Have you seen this ?

LWP::Protocol::https::Socket: SSL connect attempt failed with unknown errorerror:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed at ...lib/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 51.

Or, is there an easy setup to ignore certificate checks ??