Net::HTTPS - Low-level HTTP over SSL/TLS connection (client)
The "Net::HTTPS" is a low-level HTTP over
SSL/TLS client. The interface is the same as the interface for
"Net::HTTP", but the constructor takes
additional parameters as accepted by IO::Socket::SSL. The
"Net::HTTPS" object is an
"IO::Socket::SSL" too, which makes it
inherit additional methods from that base class.
For historical reasons this module also supports using
"Net::SSL" (from the Crypt-SSLeay
distribution) as its SSL driver and base class. This base is automatically
selected if available and
"IO::Socket::SSL" isn't. You might also
force which implementation to use by setting
$Net::HTTPS::SSL_SOCKET_CLASS before loading this
module. If not set this variable is initialized from the
"PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS"
environment variable.
You might set the
"PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS"
environment variable to the name of the base SSL implementation (and
Net::HTTPS base class) to use. The default is
"IO::Socket::SSL". Currently the only other
supported value is "Net::SSL".
Net::HTTP, IO::Socket::SSL
Gisle Aas <gisle@activestate.com>
This software is copyright (c) 2001 by Gisle Aas.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.