http://blogs.msdn.com/mab/archive/2009/06/04/how-to-access-sql-server-through-a-secure-connection-from-perl.aspxScenario Have some perl code that wants to access Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server is configured to only allow SSL connections for security reasons. Solution Here are the parts you will need: Perl on Linux (given) DBI ... http://dbi.perl.org/en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)