Using SSL and Perl to Gather Process Information

[Ken Hammer]

 I need to write a perl script that will gather system information
from remote machines. I must communicate to the remote machines
using SSL.  I'm thinking I can use the Socket method to accomplish
this, but I have had little luck in figuring it out.

 Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 Thank you.

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Ken Hammer
Information Technology Central Services
University Of Michigan
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