comment on

Looking at the source of News::Scan, Net::NNTP is used to make a connection to the NNTP server with the following command:

$client = Net::NNTP->new(@args);

Net::NNTP uses IO::Socket under the hood, so you may be able to create Net::NNTP::SSL which would use IO::Socket::SSL instead to make the connection over SSL. IO::Socket::SSL is described as 'Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for IO::Socket::INET', so I would think that this approach may be the cleanest for a perl based solution.

Update: Adjusted comment after realizing the poster already stated that the server requires ssl.

In reply to Re: News::Scan and SSL by redhotpenguin
in thread News::Scan and SSL by scain

Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>
Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.


Your skill will accomplish what the force of many cannot
	PerlMonks