Thanks you all guys for the answers. We have no decided what to do yet... stunnel is an option too because the code we are writting now on pharo will have to run on GemStone later on, so that is another variable to have in mind also... Hernan.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K <[email protected]>wrote: > Two reasons: (1) OpenSSL offers a lot more than just SSL sockets, so it is > worth wrapping; (2) it would be easy enough to do that is worth the effort. > Any time one introduces something like stunnel, there are setup > complexities, which become opportunities to make mistakes that leave data > unprotected. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Esteban > Lorenzano > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] SWHTTPClient > > Sorry if this is not the case, but... why don't you use stunnel instead > trying to make https protocol work on squeak? > Is much more easy, I think. > > Cheers, > Esteban > > > On 2009-08-11 14:47:07 -0300, "Schwab,Wilhelm K" > <[email protected]> said: > > > AFAICT, https is just http over an SSL socket. The less incorrect I > > am abo ut that, the more you are in fact looking for an SSL socket > implementation. > > My thought is to create that on top of OpenSSL, whether by plugin or > > FFI/ Alien. > > > > OpenSSL provides non-blocking calls, but my recollection is that they > > are n ot simple to use. A plugin that can start OS threads to prevent > > blocking ( on connect, read, and write) might be the easiest approach. > > Perhaps someon e who actually knows something about Squeak plugins > > could comment on whethe r that makes any sense :) > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > > [email protected] > > [mailto:pharo-project-bou > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Hernán Morales Durand > > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:22 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] SWHTTPClient > > > > http://universes.dnsalias.net/universes/repositories/squeak-3.9/SWHTTP > > Clien > > t-bkv.19.mcz > > > > 2009/8/11 Hernan Wilkinson > > <[email protected]>: > >> Does anybody know how to download the SWHTTPClient? (still looking > >> for > > > >> a https client :-) ) > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pharo-project mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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