At 7:35 AM -0500 1/29/01, Chris Nandor wrote
>At 22:24 -0500 01.28.2001, Paul N. Schatz wrote:
>> Is it possible to write a script, for example using
>>LWP::Simple, that would extract information from a secure web site in
>>a secure manner completely automatically. Ideally, upon execution,
>>the script would access the web page supplying user name and
>>password, extract the desired information and download it without any
>>likely compromise of the information or the password used.
>
>LWP::Simple on Mac OS cannot use SSL until someone ports Net::SSL,
>basically. Until then, if you have the latest Mac OS (9.1, I believe, is
>required) you can use URL Access (perhaps via Mac::Glue) to access https
>sites, or you can try scripting the browser (again, perhaps via Mac::Glue).
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It actually turns out that URL Access Version 2.1, the
version that comes with OS 9.1, is now available as a separate
download and may be used with OS 9.0.4.
Paul
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Paul Schatz
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University of Virginia
