Quickly:
You can tunnel anything you like through SSH - not SSL. Most reasonable SSH
clients allow you to locally redirect ports and stuff them through an SSH
tunnel. This is simple and works out of the box.
If you want an app to talk via SSL you need to cut code. Simple. OpenSSL is
supposed to be a dream to work with, from a few friends I have that have
done this sort of thing. You take the app, hack in SSL functionality and
away you go. There is, however, no way I know of to make a random app "just
use" SSL. You could write a generic wrapper app, I guess, but we're getting
into serious coding here, and in an OS dependant way.
Hope this gives you some guidance?
Cheers,
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Ben Nagy
Marconi Services
Network Integration Specialist
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> -----Original Message-----
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: SSL and other protocol usage
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>
> To all,
>
> I have been informed that you can conduct a number of
> different sessions
> (HTTP, Telnet, FTP) over the top of SSL. I am aware of how
> to implement
> HTTP/S on a web server, but how is this done using FTP? I'm
> assuming it is
> done in the same vain as IPSec by establishing a secure tunnel.
>
> I have been looking around to verify this information and if
> anyone could
> help out to either prove or disprove this it would be much
> appreciated. If
> anyone has done it could they please let me know off the list.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John Taylor
>
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