+ # Half the time, random Linux systems don't have Mozilla::CA installed,
+ # which results in "Can't verify SSL peers without knowning which
+ # Certificate Authorities to trust".
+ #
+ # I'm going to take a controversial stand here and say that, for the
+ # purposes of plain-text being displayed in a screen saver via RSS,
+ # the chances of a certificate-based man-in-the-middle attack having
+ # a malicious effect on anyone anywhere at any time is so close to
+ # zero that it can be discounted. So, just don't bother validating
+ # SSL connections.
+ #
+ $ENV{'PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME'} = 0;
+ eval {
+ $ua->ssl_opts (verify_hostname => 0, SSL_verify_mode => 0);
+ };
+
+