Preferred SSL module?

[Dominic Mitchell]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 04:46:38PM +0000, Roger Burton West wrote:
> What's the SSL module of choice these days?
> 
> (My main objective is to return the expiry date of a remote server's
> certificate. Simply talking HTTPS isn't going to be enough.)

In that case, I think you'll need Net::SSLeay.  Both Crypt::SSLeay and
IO::Socket::SSL are (as far as I can see...) only good for opening
connections.

When you're figuring out where the documentation actually is, look for
the very well hidden QuickRef:

  http://search.cpan.org/src/FLORA/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.30/QuickRef

-Dom