On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Nathan Smyth <naf...@ymail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a dumb question. How can I tell whether SSL is actually protecting a 
> tcp connection - is there anyway from outside the application. I assume I 
> should look for something in Netstat?
>
> I have quite a complicated application, with lots of sockets open between 
> various components. Some (on the same machine) shouldn't be SSL protected, 
> others should be.
> I think I've got it implemented OK, but I'd like to make sure --- you know, 
> so it's not just a failed SSL handshake which drops back to unprotected 
> reads/writes.
>
> Any tips most welcome (I'm on Mac OSX)
For manual inspection, I typically use Wireshark.

tcpdump or some of the command line tools with Wireshark should allow
some sort of automation.
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