In Restlet-619, I added SSL support to the StreamClientHelper. The StreamClientHelper now looks at request.isConfidential() before deciding to use a plain Socket or an SSL Socket
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Rob Heittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Not disagreeing -- makes sense -- but just curious, how/when do you use > this on the Client side? The Server side sets this if the request has come > in via https: or riap:, and that's where I usually need to interrogate it. > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Kevin Conaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> When making a Client call, I think it would be helpful to set the >> "confidential" attribute on the Request for the user based on the Protocol. >> I.e., if I'm using the HTTPS protocol, I shouldn't have to remember to set >> the confidential attribute to true on every Request. I'm not where the best >> place to make that decision is though >> >> Is there a situation where you would be using HTTPS or a similar secure >> protocol but the Request would not be confidential? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Kevin >> > >
