Geoffrey Talvola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:
> > Is there any information anywhere on using SSL with XMLRPCServlet?
> > And... on accessing it with a standard Python 2.2 installation (i.e.
> > no extra installs for this functionality)? Is it even possible?
> 
> To make Webware accept SSL connections, you should use Apache with mod_ssl,
> or some other web server SSL solution.  It really has nothing to do with
> Webware or even Python for that matter.

I see... Although it would have to do with Python on the client side,
I guess :)

> Accessing it as a client with a standard Python 2.2 installation should be
> possible using Python 2.2's built-in xmlrpclib and SSL support.  I'm
> positive that xmlrpclib is bundled in, but I'm not totally sure about SSL.

I also know of xmlrpclib, but the SSL may be restricted (due to export
laws etc.) IIRC, ssl should be a function in the socket module, but it
isn't in my installation.

> Jeff Johnson posted just today on some difficulties he was having with
> Python 2.2, but I think they were related to IIS, not Apache.

Yes, I saw that.

OTOH, I guess I don't need *that* much security... Perhaps a simple
hash/timestamp-based password system would suffice. (I think I saw an
article on that somewhere...)

> - Geoff

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Magnus Lie Hetland                                  The Anygui Project
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