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Diffstat (limited to 'security/p5-SSLeay/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/p5-SSLeay/DESCR | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/security/p5-SSLeay/DESCR b/security/p5-SSLeay/DESCR index 4d0b2084a66..3e45d700a90 100644 --- a/security/p5-SSLeay/DESCR +++ b/security/p5-SSLeay/DESCR @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ -This perl module provides support for the https protocol under LWP, so -that a LWP::UserAgent can make https GET & HEAD & POST requests. Please -see perldoc LWP for more information on POST requests. +This perl module provides support for the https protocol under LWP, +so that a LWP::UserAgent can make https GET & HEAD & POST requests. +Please see perldoc LWP for more information on POST requests. The Crypt::SSLeay package contains Net::SSL, which is automatically loaded by LWP::Protocol::https on https requests, and provides the -necessary SSL glue for that module to work via these deprecated modules: +necessary SSL glue for that module to work via these deprecated +modules: Crypt::SSLeay::CTX Crypt::SSLeay::Conn Crypt::SSLeay::X509 -Work on Crypt::SSLeay has been continued only to provide https support -for the LWP - libwww perl libraries. If you want access to the OpenSSL -API via perl, check out Sampo's Net::SSLeay. +Work on Crypt::SSLeay has been continued only to provide https +support for the LWP - libwww perl libraries. If you want access to +the OpenSSL API via perl, check out Sampo's Net::SSLeay. |