> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl- > us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Jakob Bohm > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:25 PM > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Re: Enabling https capability > > (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.
Jakob, hello. In the procedures you mention are you referring to building this program anew from source in a Linux environment? If so, what tools would be needed to do something like that and where can I find a well-stated "introduction" to this procedure in general? I would like to at least take a look at it to see what is entailed. Thanks. > > 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. > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
