It's generally not a good idea to post "guesses" to large mailing lists. :)
BIO -- basic I/O encapsulation. An implementation technique within OpenSSL that is used for all sorts of IO, including socket, file, memory buffers, etc. They can be chained, paired, etc. It's a virtual base class, in C. /r$ -- Zolera Systems, Your Key to Online Integrity Securing Web services: XML, SOAP, Dig-sig, Encryption http://www.zolera.com ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]