osx man page for net::https

Net::HTTPS(3)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					     Net::HTTPS(3)

NAME
       Net::HTTPS - Low-level HTTP over SSL/TLS connection (client)

DESCRIPTION
       The "Net::HTTPS" is a low-level HTTP over SSL/TLS client.  The interface is the same as the interface for "Net::HTTP", but the constructor
       method take additional parameters as accepted by IO::Socket::SSL.  The "Net::HTTPS" object isa "IO::Socket::SSL" too, which make it inherit
       additional methods from that base class.

       For historical reasons this module also supports using "Net::SSL" (from the Crypt-SSLeay distribution) as its SSL driver and base class.
       This base is automatically selected if available and "IO::Socket::SSL" isn't.  You might also force which implementation to use by setting
       $Net::HTTPS::SSL_SOCKET_CLASS before loading this module.  If not set this variable is initialized from the
       "PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS" environment variable.

ENVIRONMENT
       You might set the "PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS" environment variable to the name of the base SSL implementation (and Net::HTTPS base
       class) to use.  The default is "IO::Socket::SSL".  Currently the only other supported value is "Net::SSL".

SEE ALSO
       Net::HTTP, IO::Socket::SSL

perl v5.16.2							    2012-02-15							     Net::HTTPS(3)