Hi Chad, why not use http(s)? it's a standard, well used and well supported protocol.
for your server you've got apache+mod_ssl+openssl... setting up this under linux takes only a few minutes using apachetoolbox... secure cgi scripts in perl are then a piece of cake... the ssl security then comes "free" (well almost) - refer http://www.modssl.org - the user manual is exceptionally good and well worth a good read. for the perl client... have a look at Net::SSLeay... there are some nice examples in the perldoc... it didn't take me that long to write a simple cgi script which forwarded the information received over SSL to another server... for a nice introduction to ssl have a look at http://members.netscapeonline.co.uk/jeremyalansmith/ssltutorial/ ps. as a "user" of openssl you're be better posting to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" - the "-dev" list is meant for people who are doing coding (etc.) within the project itself... ie contributing to openssl-0.9.6b.tar.gz itself... refer http://www.openssl.org/support/ cheers, Sean > Chad Johnson wrote: > > As stated in the subject, I have no experience what-so-ever with SSL > (openssl or commercial). Where do I start to learn how things work. > From all the documentation I have found as well as watching the > mailing lists it appears that there is a wealth of knowledge if you > already know how SSL should work. But as I have no prior experience, > it is lost on me. > > Where do I start to learn about SSL? > > I am attempting to write a client and a server to communicate over the > internet. There will be no HTTP involvement. This is just for > passing data between servers on the net. I have developed my own > protocol and am testing with it now. I have no problem with the > client and the server I have already (they are written in Perl on > Linux), but I wish to add security to the transmission of the data. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
