(Note you really should have started a new thread, not replied to an old
one).
On 11/1/2012 5:00 PM, John A. Wallace wrote:
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I will give it a try because
it seems likely that someone here can point me in the right direction if
need be. I am not a programmer.
I have an application that can make http connections but not https. The
connections are made from a Windows command line interface, not a browser. I
would like to enable it to make https connections too without having to
reinvent the wheel. If there is some way to connect it to an intermediary
proxy program that does have built-in support for the https protocol, that
would be swell. Is such a thing possible or is there another solution I
don't see? Thanks.
If you don't want to link the SSL code into you application, look up
"stunnel", which is a free program (for Windows too) which does almost
exactly what you ask for.
If you would rather link the code into your application, you are in
the right place, this is exactly what OpenSSL was originally created
for. Link your application to the latest version of OpenSSL and
follow the tutorials elsewhere for how to call it in a https client
(It is mostly about passing all your socket send/recv calls through
OpenSSL functions, plus some slightly tricky code to call when doing
connect() and socketclose()).
If you have questions about any of the function calls needed, post on
this mailing list.
P.S.
If anyone could point the OP (and others as this seems a FAQ) to a good
example of adding OpenSSL to existing socket code with current best
practices, please post it as a reply in this thread.
Enjoy
Jakob
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