Trouble initializing cpan

I've used cpan on many servers and am configuring it on a new CentOS7=20
server and am having trouble with the first run of cpan automatically=20
finding mirrors.

I run cpan with no arguments and it goes through the auto config and=20
errors at:

Would you like me to automatically choose some CPAN mirror
sites for you? (This means connecting to the Internet) [yes]
Looking for CPAN mirrors near you (please be patient)
string =3D Global CPAN CDN:
Invalid host name on line 36 at /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/FirstTime.pm line=20
1855.

The string =3D Global CPAN CDN:
is some debug I added to CPAN/Mirrors.pm to see what's going on.

That string appears to come from:
http://www.cpan.org/MIRRORED.BY
and line 36 is indeed:
"Global CPAN CDN:"

I don't believe I've done anything different than I've done dozens of=20
times in the past.

Any ideas of what might be happening or maybe there are cpan problems at =

the moment?

Thanks,
Jim