Re: Using LWP module in perl with Crypt::SSLeay

Tom Hukins <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.lwp
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 08:22:46AM -0400, Kathalkar, Sanket wrote:
> I am going to use LWP module for accessing urls which are SSL
> enabled. Is Crypt::SSLeay required for this?

The README.SSL distributed with LWP answers this:
http://search.cpan.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.814/README.SSL

> Do I need to create a certificate to access a remote server?

I've never needed to:  most SSL enabled Web servers don't need client
certificates.  But if you're running against a server that needs an
SSL certificate to authenticate you, you will need to provide that
certificate somehow.

Tom
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