Holger Kruse wrote:
>> Could HTTPS be added as an enhancement
>> request for one of the next versions?
>
>Thanks, noted, and you are not the first person to ask for that.
>
>I cannot officially comment on whether/when we can do this, but it is not
>quite as easy as it may sound: HTTPS requires SSLv2/v3, which is
>a HUGE package by itself, more than three times as large as all
>of REBOL/Core, just for the SSL protocol suite, and there are some
>legal issues (licensing, patents, US export etc.) as well that would
>have to be solved somehow.
Well, perhaps you've heard that the US export problem has been
solved recently, and that the patent problem will go away on
20-Sep-2000 (RSA patent expires).
As for the size, aren't you going to a modular architecture with
the next version? You could add SSL support as a module like it
was suggested that you would be doing with /View.
On the other hand, how difficult would it be to use OpenSSL?
>Nevertheless we are certainly looking into this. As someone who
>ported SSLv2/SSLv3/TLSv1 to AmigaOS and had to deal with all those
>hassles :) I just wanted to let you know that supporting HTTPS is
>not just a matter of adding a new protocol and a few lines of REBOL
>code, so please be patient.
Good to hear! Except the patience part :(
Actually, I can relate to the difficulty. I've been working on a
https download server for the last month, and I've never done this
before. At least you have some experience with this...
Brian Hawley
