Net::https::any is a simple wrapper around either of the two available ssl modules. it offers a unified api for sending get and post requests over https and receiving responses.

it depends on net::ssleay _or_ ( crypt::ssleay and lwp::useragent ).

using lwp::protocol::https 6.02 or later, the lwp path actually uses net::ssleay also instead of crypt::ssleay. going forward that makes this module more of historical interest, especially so since modern lwp has its own mechanism to force use of crypt::ssleay:

$net::https::ssl_socket_class = "net::ssl";