Question : How do I Install SSL 128bit for LWP ?

Im using ActiveState Perl v5.8.0 under Windows 2000.  Im trying to connect to an HTTPS website but keep getting back HTTP error code 500:
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===REQUEST===
GET https://www.gradwell.com/
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/msword,
 application/x-shockwave-flash, */*
Accept-Language: en-us
Host: www.gradwell.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705
)
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded



===RESPONSE===
[Code=500][Success=False]

xxx Request/Verify Failed xxx
500 (Internal Server Error) Can't locate object method "new" via package "LWP::Protocol::https::Socket"
Client-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:31:46 GMT

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It seems SSL has not been installed for LWP use.  How do i install it?   I've already gone to PPM and typed:
install Crypt::SSLeay

but only get back the error message: "Searching for 'Crypt::SSLeay' returned no results. Try a broader search first."

Thanks.

Answer : How do I Install SSL 128bit for LWP ?

SSL is not included with LWP because of the export issues but LWP does support the use of Crypt::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL.

I had trouble finding a win32 version of Crypt::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL just kept failing on my machine. In the end I found that Net::SSLeay (a more complete version of Crypt::SSLeay) worked well and I now use that.

I found the following non-activestate link that worked fine for me:

For 5.6.1:
install http://www.gossamer-threads.com/ppm/Net-SSLeay-1.22-5.6.1.ppd

Or, for 5.8.0:
install http://www.gossamer-threads.com/ppm/Net-SSLeay-1.22-5.8.0.ppd

Regards,
f.