WWW::Mechanize and https/port 443

Cody Fendant has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm trying to do a simple request to an https URL with WWW::Mechanize.

I've got Crypt::SSleay, I know the site is up and the URL is correct, regular browsers can connect to it, but all I get is a long wait and the message "can't connect to website.com:443". What should I try?

Edit: WWW::Mechanize can connect to other https sites just fine, for the record. Not sure what that means but it's another clue.

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Re: WWW::Mechanize and https/port 443 by hdb (Monsignor) on Jul 19, 2013 at 13:40 UTC
From WWW::Mechanize `noproxy => [0\|1]` Turn off the automatic call to the LWP::UserAgent env_proxy function. This needs to be explicitly turned off if you're using Crypt::SSLeay to access a https site via a proxy server. Note: you still need to set your HTTPS_PROXY environment variable as appropriate.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: WWW::Mechanize and https/port 443 by Cody Fendant (Friar) on Jul 20, 2013 at 00:48 UTC
Thanks but surely that only applies if there's a proxy server involved, and there isn't, at least not explicitly. I suppose there could be something going on with the ISP. I'll try it.	[reply]
Re^3: WWW::Mechanize and https/port 443 by Cody Fendant (Friar) on Jul 20, 2013 at 01:59 UTC
Tried that, no change I'm afraid.	[reply]
Re: WWW::Mechanize and https/port 443 by daxim (Curate) on Jul 19, 2013 at 13:38 UTC
Sounds like outdated modules. Upgrade LWP::Protocol::https and Net::HTTP including their dependencies.	[reply]
Re^2: WWW::Mechanize and https/port 443 by Cody Fendant (Friar) on Jul 20, 2013 at 01:59 UTC
That's logical, but I have done that and it hasn't changed anything.	[reply]
Re: WWW::Mechanize and https/port 443 by Kanji (Parson) on Jul 21, 2013 at 04:04 UTC
LWP::UserAgent defaulted to verifying SSL connections with 6.00, so if you can connect to one site and not another, it's likely a certificate issue. If you're sure that the site can be trusted despite a bad certificate (or you just don't care), you can override this behaviour in `ssl_opts`. `my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new( ssl_opts => { verify_hostname => 0 }, );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: WWW::Mechanize and https/port 443 by daxim (Curate) on Jul 21, 2013 at 13:38 UTC
That option not sufficient anymore, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6795030/how-to-ignore-certificate-verify-failed-error-in-perl.	[reply]


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