>Hello,
>
>I was wondering if MetaCard had any planned support for the https
>protocol, or whether this latest beta version of 2.3 can support https via
>sockets. If this is not the case, does anyone have any pointers or other
>information regarding ssl and https and how it works, such that it might
>be possible to implement such a protocol into MetaCard? If I understand
>correctly, web browsers use some sort of encryption scheme to encrypt all
>information when sending to secure servers. Is this encryption method
>available publicly (obviously the decryption would not be)?
>
>Also, I have tried using sockets to connect to a port 23 (telnet) before,
>and this does not seem to function properly. Is there any reason why this
>should not work?
No. Ftp works.
>
>BTW, I'm a new MetaCard user, but I have found it to be incredible. The
>entire concept of the web is fantastic, but the real-world implementation
>leaves so much to be desired. The ease that MetaCard provides in using the
>strengths of the internet, while avoiding the nusiance of the web and html
>itself is incredible. I hope MetaCard continues to take full advantage of
>all the internet has to offer. In a perfect world, the index.html's of the
>world could be replaced with index.mc's. :)
>
>Thanks,
>ReeD.
>
>
>
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Regrds, Andu
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