Re: Any plans for SSLeay support?

Gisle Aas (aas@bergen.sn.no)
08 Dec 1996 15:11:16 +0000


Doug MacEachern <dougm@osf.org> writes:
> I had a need for this at one point, sat down and wrote
> LWP::SSLeayIO, LWP::SSLeaySocket, LWP::Protocol::https 
> and some other gunk.  I had trouble trying to leave 
> existing classes alone, this required duplicating much
> code.  I got as far as the server logging an error 
> about invalid SSL something or other.
> But, due to time constraints, got around my problem
> another way.  My biggest mistake was writing this in 
> the source tree, later forgetting, deleting, argh.  

Shit happens :-(

What was your major aproach for this?  Did you use the SSLeay.pm
module?  (http://www.neuronio.pt/SSLeay.pm)

Would it be possible to just do a LWP::SSLeay_IO and then let the
normal LWP::Protocol::http module talk over a channel like that?

Regards,
Gisle