I am trying to write a simple script to retrieve a secure page via HTTPS.
The guts of it are:
$url = "https://mysite.com"
$ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
$req = new HTTP::Request GET => $url
$response = $ua->request($req);
It keeps returning: (via $response->status_line, $response->as_html also
returns similar).
500 Can't Connect to mysite.com:443 (Timeout)
So I did some poking, tried hacking up the timeout to 999 - No joy.
So I went looking into the LWP::Protocol packages and did some tracing.
It seems UserAgent.pm nicely determines we are using https and calls
LWP::Protocol::https.pm with a request method but https lacks a request
method??!?!!?!?
It then defaults to http after UserAgent parses the error message and I
guess this is where the timeout comes from as port 443 knows nothing about
HTTP request and demands secure. I suppose if I was to put the web server
non-secure onto port 443 it would work.
Further info: If I point the script to a HTTP:// site all works smashingly.
All requires are properly installed (no error messages and debugging shows
it is correctly stepping into Net:SSL). The box I'm trying to connect to is
IIS, if it makes a difference.
I feel the problem however lies in the fact there is no
LWP::Protocol::https->request method.
Can anyone enlighten me please.
Cheers,
Luke Butcher
Network Analyst
Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
