> From: Jeffrey Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> jaltman> I'm slowly sorting things out. To initiate compression in an app make
> jaltman> the following call after SSL_library_init()
> jaltman>
> jaltman> #ifdef ZLIB
> jaltman> COMP_METHOD * cm = COMP_zlib();
> jaltman> if (cm->type != NID_undef)
> jaltman> SSL_COMP_add_compression_method(cm->type, cm);
> jaltman> #endif /* ZLIB */
>
> There's one fault in that code. The first argument to
> SSL_COMP_add_compression_method() is supposed to be the TLS algorithm
> number. cm->type is the OpenSSL NID for said algorithm, and that's a
> higly internal number that is not to be mixed with anything internal,
> really.
>
> Of course, since there isn't any algorithm number assigned to ZLIB for
> TLS, the number you use is completely at your leasure :-). Don't
> count on the above code to work when such a number is assigned,
> however...
you are absolutely correct. That is why I need to write the
Internet-Drafts so that numbers can be assigned. Some much to do,
so little time ...
I will bring this up at the TLS working group meeting in San Diego
in two weeks.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St * New York, NY * 10025 * USA
http://www.kermit-project.org/ * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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