HTTPS Proxy and LWP::UserAgent

Question

I have read a number of threads on a number of sites and am still unable to make this work.

I have a client machine (OSX) with OpenSSL 0.9.8r running perl 5.12.4, w

Answer 1

I know this may be a dead question, but if anyone else hits it I've another angle... I can't promise any answers, but we've faced a long-standing problem at $work in this area, but with the Squid proxy, and maybe specific to use of X509 client certs.

The use of the Net::SSL override is part of the solution, but I would fear that WinGate could be the problem (and not something I can help with) although in our case we contact the proxy over http (not sure how LWP deals with proxy+https).

For the record, here's an example of the precise form of code we use:

use Net::SSL;
$ENV{PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS}="Net::SSL";
use LWP::UserAgent;
use LWP::Protocol::https;
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = 'http://cache.local.employer.co.uk:80';
$ua->get("https://example.com/");

This is Perl 5.8.8 with recent CPAN installs (hence separation of L:P:https), so we have a fresh Net::HTTP.

I was going to mention some versions of Net::HTTP are crocked, but I just realised that was my CPAN bug in Martin's reply :)

Sorry if this doesn't add anything.