%general-entities; ]> IO::Socket::SSL-&IO-Socket-SSL-version; IO::Socket::SSL Introduction to IO::Socket::SSL IO::Socket::SSL makes using SSL/TLS much easier by wrapping the necessary functionality into the familiar IO::Socket interface and providing secure defaults whenever possible. &lfs122_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download MD5 sum: &my-md5sum; IO::Socket::SSL Dependencies Required and Recommended (to access international domain names) Installation of IO::Socket::SSL This module uses a variant of the standard build and installation instructions: yes | perl Makefile.PL && make && make test One test, Client non-SSL connection, is known to fail. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations yes: Perl will ask if you wish to run external tests, which will 'fail soft' if there are network problems. The default is 'y', which will allow you to script the build.