This module is a true drop-in replacement for io::socket::inet that uses ssl to encrypt data before it is transferred to a remote server or client. io::socket::ssl supports all the extra features that one needs to write a full-featured ssl client or server application: multiple ssl contexts, cipher selection, certificate verification, and ssl version selection. as an extra bonus, it works perfectly with mod_perl.

io::socket::ssl uses ipv6 if libio-socket-ip-perl (>= 0.20) or libio-socket-inet6-perl is installed.