my $self = shift;
my ($method, $content) = @_;
$DEBUG ||= 1 if $self->option('debug');
+
+# kludge to curb excessive paranoia in LWP 6.0+
+local $ENV{'PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME'} = 0;
+
my $url = 'https://' . $self->machine;
my $request = POST($url,
[ %$content,