Well I do set the $ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0; so I guess the change shouldn't affect me.
perl code ----------------------------------- use LWP::Simple qw($ua get); use IO::Socket::SSL qw(debug3); $ua->timeout(5); $ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 1; $contents = get("https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx"); ----------------------------------- with the perl version that doesnt hang: strawberry perl 5.18.1.1 libwww-perl-6.05 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:1805: new ctx 39861360 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:449: socket not yet connected DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:451: socket connected DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:469: ssl handshake not started DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:504: using SNI with hostname www.butler.edu DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:527: set socket to non-blocking to enforce timeout=5 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:540: Net::SSLeay::connect -> -1 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:550: ssl handshake in progress DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:560: waiting for fd to become ready: SSL wants a read first DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:570: handshake failed because socket did not became ready DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:1842: free ctx 39861360 open=39861360 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:1847: free ctx 39861360 callback DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:1850: OK free ctx 39861360 NO HANG :-) with the perl version that hangs: strawberry 5.18.2.2 libwww-perl-6.05 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:2137: new ctx 49554496 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:478: socket not yet connected DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:480: socket connected DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:498: ssl handshake not started DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:528: using SNI with hostname www.butler.edu DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:566: set socket to non-blocking to enforce timeout=5 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:579: Net::SSLeay::connect -> -1 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:589: ssl handshake in progress DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:599: waiting for fd to become ready: SSL wants a read first DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:619: socket ready, retrying connect DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:2098: ok=1 cert=53220176 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:2098: ok=1 cert=60570800 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:2098: ok=1 cert=60570608 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:1339: scheme=www cert=60570608 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:1348: identity=www.butler.edu cn=www.butler.edualt=2 www.butler.edu 2 butler.edu DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:579: Net::SSLeay::connect -> -1 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:589: ssl handshake in progress DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:599: waiting for fd to become ready: SSL wants a read first DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:619: socket ready, retrying connect DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:579: Net::SSLeay::connect -> 1 DEBUG: .../IO/Socket/SSL.pm:634: ssl handshake done HANGS FOREVER :-( /Jesper On 21 May 2014 19:03, Tom Hukins <t...@eborcom.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 06:57:58PM +0200, Jesper Persson wrote: > > this perl code > > ------------------------------------------ > > use LWP::Simple qw($ua get); > > $ua->timeout(5); > > $ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0; > > $contents = get("https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx"); > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > just tried fresh perl installs. > > > > strawberry perl 5.16.3.1: doesnt hang. > > > > strawberry perl 5.18.0.1: doesnt hang. > > > > strawberry perl 5.18.1.1: doesnt hang. > > > > strawberry perl 5.18.2.1: hangs. > > > > strawberry perl 5.18.2.2: hangs. > > I expect you're using different versions of LWP with these different > versions of Perl and you're encountering the change documented at > https://metacpan.org/pod/LWP#PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME > > Tom >