IO::Socket::SSL is a class implementing an object oriented
interface to SSL sockets. The class is a descendent of
IO::Socket::INET.

In order to use IO::Socket::SSL you need to have Net::SSLeay
v1.08 or newer installed (v1.26 recommended*).  In order to use
password callbacks, Net::SSLeay v1.16 is required.

For those who do not have a built-in random number generator
(including most users of Solaris), you should install one
before attempting to install IO::Socket::SSL.  If you don't
already have a favorite, try "egd" (egd.sourceforge.net) or
one of the other "Related Projects" listed on its home page.
If you want to bypass the test for existence of the RNG, then
set the "SKIP_RNG_TEST" environment variable to a true value.

This version has been tested with a variety of Net::SSLeay
versions (including 1.17-1.26), OpenSSL 0.9.6c-0.9.7c,
and Perl versions 5.005_03, 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.8.0, and 5.8.4.

In addition to providing a general OO interface to SSL sockets,
this package can be used with libwww-perl.

installation:
	perl Makefile.PL
	make
	make test
	make install

*As of this writing, April 30, 2004, Net::SSLeay 1.26 is
an unofficial distribution.  Find the patch against 1.25
in the patches/ subdirectory, or download the full tarball
from 

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~behrooz/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.26.tar.gz

I have so far been unable to contact Sampo Kellomäki about the
patch, but hopefully the matter will be resolved by the next
release.


--
Peter Behroozi, behrooz at fas.harvard.edu
(Originally by Marko Asplund, marko.asplund at kronodoc.fi)