NAME
      Crypt::SSLeay - OpenSSL glue that provides LWP https support

SYNOPSIS
      lwp-request https://www.nodeworks.com

      use LWP::UserAgent;
      my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
      my $req = new HTTP::Request('GET', 'https://www.nodeworks.com');
      my $res = $ua->request($req);

DESCRIPTION
    This perl module provides support for the https protocol under LWP, so
    that a LWP::UserAgent can make https GET & HEAD & POST requests. Please
    see perldoc LWP for more information on POST requests.

    The Crypt::SSLeay package contains Net::SSL, which is automatically
    loaded by LWP::Protocol::https on https requests, and provides the
    necessary SSL glue for that module to work via these deprecated modules:

       Crypt::SSLeay::CTX
       Crypt::SSLeay::Conn
       Crypt::SSLeay::X509

    Work on Crypt::SSLeay has been continued only to provide https support
    for the LWP - libwww perl libraries. If you want access to the OpenSSL
    API via perl, check out Sampo's Net::SSLeay.

INSTALL
  OpenSSL

    You must have OpenSSL or SSLeay installed before compiling this module.
    You can get the latest OpenSSL package from:

      http://www.openssl.org

    When installing openssl make sure your config looks like:

      > ./config --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
     or
      > ./config --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl

     then
      > make
      > make test
      > make install

    This way Crypt::SSLeay will pick up the includes and libraries
    automatically. If your includes end up going into a separate directory
    like /usr/local/include, then you may need to symlink
    /usr/local/openssl/include to /usr/local/include

  Crypt::SSLeay

    The latest Crypt::SSLeay can be found at your nearest CPAN, and also:

      http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Crypt/

    Once you have downloaded it, Crypt::SSLeay installs easily using the
    make or nmake commands as shown below.

      > perl Makefile.PL
      > make
      > make test
      > make install

      * use nmake for win32

COMPATIBILITY
     This module has been compiled on the following platforms:

     PLATFORM       CPU     SSL             PERL     VER    DATE            WHO
     --------       ---     ---             ----     ---    ----            ---
     Solaris 2.6    x86     OpenSSL 0.9.5a  5.00501  .17    2000-09-04      Joshua Chamas   
     WinNT SP6      x86     OpenSSL 0.9.4   5.00404  .17    2000-09-04      Joshua Chamas
     Linux 2.2.12   x86     OpenSSL 0.9.5a  5.00503  .16    2000-07-13      David Harris
     FreeBSD 3.2    ?x86    OpenSSL 0.9.2b  5.00503  ?      1999-09-29      Rip Toren
     Solaris 2.6    ?Sparc  OpenSSL 0.9.4   5.00404  ?      1999-08-24      Patrick Killelea
     FreeBSD 2.2.5  x86     OpenSSL 0.9.3   5.00404  ?      1999-08-19      Andy Lee
     Solaris 2.5.1  USparc  OpenSSL 0.9.4   5.00503  ?      1999-08-18      Marek Rouchal
     Solaris 2.6    x86     SSLeay 0.8.0    5.00501  ?      1999-08-12      Joshua Chamas   
     Linux 2.2.10   x86     OpenSSL 0.9.4   5.00503  ?      1999-08-11      John Barrett
     WinNT SP4      x86     SSLeay 0.9.2    5.00404  ?      1999-08-10      Joshua Chamas

BUILD NOTES
  Solaris - Symbol Error: __umoddi3 : referenced symbol not found

     Problem:

    On Solaris x86, the default PERL configuration, and preferred, is to use
    the ld linker that comes with the OS, not gcc. Unfortunately during the
    OpenSSL build process, gcc generates in libcrypto.a, from bn_word.c, the
    undefined symbol __umoddi3, which is supposed to be later resolved by
    gcc from libgcc.a

    The system ld linker does not know about libgcc.a by default, so when
    building Crypt::SSLeay, there is a linker error for __umoddi3

     Solution:

    The fix for this symlink your libgcc.a to some standard directory like
    /usr/local/lib, so that the system linker, ld, can find it when building
    Crypt::SSLeay.

  FreeBSD 2.x.x / Solaris - ... des.h:96 #error _ is defined ...

    If you encounter this error: "...des.h:96: #error _ is defined, but some
    strange definition the DES library cannot handle that...," then you need
    to edit the des.h file and comment out the "#error" line.

    Its looks like this error might be common to other operating systems,
    and that occurs with OpenSSL 0.9.3. Upgrades to 0.9.4 seem to fix this
    problem.

NOTES
    Many thanks to Gisle Aas for the original writing of this module and
    many others including libwww for perl. The web will never be the same :)

    Ben Laurie deserves kudos for his excellent patches for better error
    handling, SSL information inspection, and random seeding.

    James Woodyatt is a champ for finding a ridiculous memory leak that has
    been the bane of many a Crypt::SSLeay user.

SUPPORT
    For OpenSSL and Crypt::SSLeay support, please email the openssl user
    mailing list at openssl-users@openssl.org

    Emails to the list sent with at least Crypt::SSLeay in the subject line
    will be responded to more quickly by myself.

    This module was originally written by Gisle Aas, and I am now
    maintaining it.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Joshua Chamas.
     Copyright (c) 1998 Gisle Aas.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.