IO::Socket::SSL is a class implementing an object oriented interface to SSL sockets. The class is a descendent of IO::Socket::INET and provides a subset of the base class's interface methods. in order to use IO::Socket::SSL you need to have Net_SSLeay v1.03 or newer installed. in addition to providing a general OO interface to SSL sockets this package can be used with libwww-perl. -- aspa@kronodoc.fi