use Net::SSL (); # From Crypt-SSLeay use LWP::UserAgent; $Net::HTTPS::SSL_SOCKET_CLASS = "Net::SSL"; # Force use of Net::SSL $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = 'http://98.142.214.160:443'; $ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0; my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(); my $req = HTTP::Request->new('GET','https://twitter.com'); my $res = $ua->request($req); print $res->status_line;