On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:04:33PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > guess). However, the complexity of the OpenSSL library has me stumped. > (Plus, it's Unix-centric. I'd like to turn it into a Visual Studio port so I > could compile without needing cygwin, gcc, etc., but that's another story).
It isn't really. I have built OpenSSL using MSVC, BC and mingw. I have a file here called openssl-0_9_7_Patch_VisualStudio6.zip culled from the OpenSSL mailing list. I haven't tried it; if you want, I can send it to you off-list. > I'm not going to complain. That's been done to death here. Instead, I have a > different question: Where can I learn about SSL? I always suggest learning by doing. The OpenSSL C API is quite big, but there exists wrappers in Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby, Lisp and possibly whatever high-level language you can think of. (I have one; see .sig.) These makes programming OpenSSL more accessible. While your test programs are running, use ekr's excellent ssldump to see the stuff happening on the wire. There is also a book called SSL and TLS Essentials by Stephen Thomas that just describes the protocol. Refer to the book while you're running your programs and marveling at ssldump's output. Have fun. -- Ng Pheng Siong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://firewall.rulemaker.net -+- Manage Your Firewall Rulebase Changes http://www.post1.com/home/ngps -+- Open Source Python Crypto & SSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
