RE: Crypt::OpenSSL Proposal

James Han (jhan@lehman.com)
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:33:59 -0500 

Hi,

I just want to suggest an alternative solution here for "desparate audience":
using a web proxy server.

I've configured Squid and Netscape proxy server to support HTTPS protocol(not
just CONNECT) then run a regular Perl script with lwp to get pages from
secure web servers. This doesn't require any patch on your perl installation.

Of course this implies installing and configuring a proxy server is easier
than installing SSL patches for perl :-)

Hope this info is helpful and not off the subject too far.


Cheers!


James

	From libwww-perl-request@ics.uci.edu Thu Feb 25 22:06 EST 1999
	From: "Hyatt, Daniel J" <HYATTDJ@sce.com>
	To: Joshua Chamas <joshua@chamas.com>, libwww-perl@ics.uci.edu,
	        openssl-users@openssl.org, "'Milivoj Ivkovic'" <mi@alma.ch>
	Subject: RE: Crypt::OpenSSL Proposal
	Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:24:26 -0800
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	Help.....
	I am still trying to find a solution for downloading files using a UNIX
	script (command line) from a SSL server using AIX or HPUX. 
	I keep hearing from Microsoft admins and programmers who haven't done it
	that it is easy to do in UNIX. I found a script but it requires a device
	that does not exist on a standard UNIX setup (/dev/tcp/www.<>) 
	But I have yet to find a UNIX person who has actually done a command line
	https download  on a UNIX box. The folks who claim it is so easy are not
	forthcoming with a person who has acutally done it or the script to do it.
	I have the URL, username and password. But I have to use a web browser or a
	microsoft machine.
	I tried SSLeay but cannot get it to compile on a HPUX.

	> ----------
	> From: 	Milivoj Ivkovic[SMTP:mi@alma.ch]
	> Sent: 	Thursday, February 25, 1999 2:15 PM
	> To: 	Joshua Chamas; libwww-perl@ics.uci.edu; openssl-users@openssl.org
	> Subject: 	Re: Crypt::OpenSSL Proposal
	> 
	> >I'd like to propose a new module for perl called Crypt::OpenSSL.
	> 
	> Sounds great! I've been waiting quite some time now for an SSL solution to
	> use with LWP. Not having a compiler (and not having the slightest clue
	> about C and compiling anyway), there seemed to be nothing I could do.
	> 
	>