LWP with SSL

[Walter Pienciak]

On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Kyle Moore wrote:

> Is it possible to use LWP to check an SSL site? I use it to check
> non-SSL servers using head(http://www.blah.com) but this doesn't work
> with my SSL servers (https://www.blah.com). Do I have to specify port
> 443 somewhere or something else?
> 
> -- 
> 
> ----
> Kyle Moore
> UNIX Systems Administrator
> Webmaster
> ---------------------------------------
> Trust Company of America / Gemisys
> 7103 South Revere Parkway
> Englewood, CO 80112
> ---------------------------------------
> Email: kmoore at trustamerica.com
> Voice: 303-705-6212
> Pager: 303-656-1131
> Fax: 303-705-6171
> Web Site: http://www.trustamerica.com                
> ---------------------------------------

Hi,

Current version of LWP does support https URLs.  One thing that might
help you figure it out is to use the pragma

use LWP::Debug qw(+);

Walter