($socket, $fullpath) = $prot->handle_connect ($req, $proxy, $timeout);: This method connects with the server on the machine and port specified in the $req object. If a $proxy is given, it will translate the request into an appropriate proxy-request and return the new URL in the $fullpath argument.
$socket is either an IO::Socket object (in parallel mode), or a LWP::Socket object (when used via Std. non-parallel modules, such as LWP::UserAgent)

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