Perl NTLM over HTTP authentication and web page access

I need a small perl application that simply does the NTLM over HTTP authentication when visiting NTLM password protected websites. The applicaiton does not need to do anything after authentication like retrieving a page or whatever leave that to me. But I do need the programmer to assume that I will continue his / her code to retrieve a web page and therefore keep the cookie info. ## Deliverables a simple perl function of code that authenticates with HTTP web site through NTLM ## Platform I am running windows XP