Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> > Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> > > I think what he would like is the ability to do what the Microsoft
> > > SSPI does. Instead of OpenSSL being a layer between the I/O channel
> > > and the app, he would like the app to provide all I/O functions and
> > > have OpenSSL provide routines that encode and decode buffers provided
> > > to it by the application. After OpenSSL has done its work, the
> > > application transmits the outgoing data to the peer. After receiving
> > > data from the peer it calls OpenSSL to process it.
> >
> > Is there some reason why this cannot be done by writing your own
> > BIO_METHOD to supply the I/O functions?
>
> I was just attempting to summarize what the original poster was asking
> for. I think the primary problem is that there are no example apps
> showing how to use the different types of BIOs.
It could well just be a lack of documentation and examples.
The code inside OpenSSL and its existing sample apps is
scary enough that it really takes great willpower to sit down
and reverse engineer an understanding of how things work together.
- Dan
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