#!/path/to/perl use strict; use LWP::UserAgent; use HTTP::Request::Common; use Crypt::SSLeay; $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = 'http://proxy:8080'; $ENV{HTTPS_DEBUG} = 1; my $myurl = "https://www.redhat.com"; my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent; $ua->cookie_jar( {} ); $ua->protocols_allowed( [ 'http','https'] ); # don't use https proxy with LWP! $ua->proxy(['http'], 'http://proxy:8080'); my $page = $ua->get($myurl); die "Error $myurl\n ", $page->status_line, "\n Aborting" unless $page->is_success; print "Success", $page->content_type, " document!\n";