More Info:
I based my example on the doc at: http://search.cpan.org/~mkutter/SOAP-WSDL-2.00_32/lib/SOAP/WSDL/Manual.pod#Accessing_HTTP(S)_webservices_with_basic/digest_authentication
If I change the line:
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