Re: [DUG] Testing internet web site connections

Thanks for that, looks like what I was doing, the issues must be with the correct versions of DLLs From: Ross Levis Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 12:57 AM To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: Re: [DUG] Testing internet web site connections Regarding code, here is some.

Re: [DUG] Testing internet web site connections

Hi JB Stay away from OpenSSL :) The problem using it for SSL is that you have to keep the DLLs up to date as new security vulnerabilities are uncovered. With native API calls updates to the OS should patch any security issues. The native HTTP Client controls work well. As they map to the

[DUG] Testing internet web site connections

I have been considering writing something to monitor connectivity to a few web sites- note not detecting whether there is an internet connection, but whether a number of sites are responding. Some http and some https. (Have got tired of opening a CMD prompt and pinging sites) I have

Re: [DUG] Testing internet web site connections

JB, make sure you are using the latest Open SSL DLLs as the earlier ones had security vulnerabilities. Jeremy On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:30 PM, John Bird wrote: > I have been considering writing something to monitor connectivity to a few > web sites- note not

Re: [DUG] Testing internet web site connections

With a 32-bit compiler you need the 32-bit editions of OpenSSL DLLs installed. They usually go to Windows\System32. I instruct my users to download the Light edition on this website. http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html Ross. From: delphi-boun...@listserver.123.net.nz

Re: [DUG] Testing internet web site connections

Regarding code, here is some. var Ret: string; aHTTP: TIdHTTP; SSLHandler: TIdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL; begin aHTTP := TIdHTTP.Create; if SameText('https:',copy(URL,1,6)) then begin SSLHandler := TIdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.Create(aHTTP);

Re: [DUG] Testing internet web site connections

I'm not normally a fan of Microsoft, but it has to be said that if your web sites are hosted in Azure then you get more alerts and monitoring capabilities than you can shake a stick at. They won't just tell you whether your site is up, down or sideways but can also notify you when it is