protected function getHandle()
	{
		if (!isset(self::$handle))
		{
			self::$handle = $this->getNewHandle();
		}

		curl_setopt(self::$handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, $this->sslVerifyPeer);
		curl_setopt(self::$handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT,        $this->timeout);

		return self::$handle;
	}