Re: Can LWP::Simple HEAD https?

Gisle Aas (aas@bergen.sn.no)
Wed, 15 May 1996 09:35:50 +0200


In message <9605142206.AA14654@predator.sybase.com>, "Eric D. Berg" writes:
> I've written a script to do a ping or HEAD reqeusts on our servers and to
> bark if the servers don't respond.  We need to check several HTTPS servers,
> but I'm having problems geting the HTTPS head to work using LWP::Simple.  I
> haven't found any references to https, either.
> 
> Is it that Simple won't do https?  If this is the case, will the UserAgent
> module do it?

No, and I agree that this would be nice thing to have (it's in the
TODO list!)

Is there anybody out there how have played with the Net::SSL module?

--Gisle