RE: LWP & https (using SSLeay.pm)

Christopher Taranto (christopher@tokpela.com)
Sat, 04 Oct 1997 14:23:25 -0700


Hi,

>Subha Guhan <sguhan@fmrco.com> writes:
>> Is there a latest version of LWP that supports https?
>
>Yes!  It should work if you have SSLeay.pm installed.

I seem to be in a circular reference in my brain...

The instructions for LWP state that I need to use NET::SSLeay.pm.  OK.
This is no problem.

>Available in authors/id/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.13.tar.gz 
>
>     uses the following additional modules:
>     Net::SSLeay in Net_SSLeay.pm-0.04.tar.gz

However, when I get NET::SSLeay it says that I need Eric Young's
implementation version SSLeay-0.6.1 which I have not been able to find on
CPAN.  There is a module named SSLeay.pm in the NET::SSLeay distribution
but it is version 0.04.  Is there someplace else to get SSLeay-0.6.1?

>README - Net::SSLeay Perl module for using Eric Young's implementation of SSL
>
>19.7.1996, Sampo Kellomaki <sampo@iki.fi>
>
>Installing
>
>0.1 Make sure you have perl 5.002 or newer installed and in source form
>0.2 Make sure you have installed SSLeay-0.6.1 (or newer?). I have
>    assumed that SSLeay is installed in /usr/local/ssl, if this
>    is not the case, you have to edit Makefile.PL

Thanks for your time,

Dazed and confused,

Christopher Taranto