Re: Enabling https capability
On 11/2/2012 3:06 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: -Original Message- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl- us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Jakob Bohm Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:25 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: Enabling https capability (Note you really should have started a new thread, not replied to an old one). On 11/1/2012 5:00 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I will give it a try because it seems likely that someone here can point me in the right direction if need be. I am not a programmer. I have an application that can make http connections but not https. The connections are made from a Windows command line interface, not a browser. I would like to enable it to make https connections too without having to reinvent the wheel. If there is some way to connect it to an intermediary proxy program that does have built-in support for the https protocol, that would be swell. Is such a thing possible or is there another solution I don't see? Thanks. If you don't want to link the SSL code into you application, look up "stunnel", which is a free program (for Windows too) which does almost exactly what you ask for. If you would rather link the code into your application, you are in the right place, this is exactly what OpenSSL was originally created for. Link your application to the latest version of OpenSSL and follow the tutorials elsewhere for how to call it in a https client (It is mostly about passing all your socket send/recv calls through OpenSSL functions, plus some slightly tricky code to call when doing connect() and socketclose()). If you have questions about any of the function calls needed, post on this mailing list. Jakob, hello. In the procedures you mention are you referring to building this program anew from source in a Linux environment? If so, what tools would be needed to do something like that and where can I find a well-stated "introduction" to this procedure in general? I would like to at least take a look at it to see what is entailed. Thanks. Linux? I thought you said Windows. If you don't know how to rebuild your application on your chosen OS, then you should probably not even try to do this kind of programming, I was assuming you already had those skills and had probably written the application yourself. Go with stunnel then, it doesn't require you to know the inner workings of the application and how to modify its code. Enjoy Jakob -- Jakob Bohm, CIO, Partner, WiseMo A/S. http://www.wisemo.com Transformervej 29, 2730 Herlev, Denmark. Direct +45 31 13 16 10 This public discussion message is non-binding and may contain errors. WiseMo - Remote Service Management for PCs, Phones and Embedded __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing Listopenssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
RE: Enabling https capability
> -Original Message- > From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl- > us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Jakob Bohm > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:25 PM > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Re: Enabling https capability > > (Note you really should have started a new thread, not replied to an > old one). > > On 11/1/2012 5:00 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: > > Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I will give it a try > > because it seems likely that someone here can point me in the right > > direction if need be. I am not a programmer. > > > > I have an application that can make http connections but not https. > > The connections are made from a Windows command line interface, not a > > browser. I would like to enable it to make https connections too > > without having to reinvent the wheel. If there is some way to connect > > it to an intermediary proxy program that does have built-in support > > for the https protocol, that would be swell. Is such a thing > possible > > or is there another solution I don't see? Thanks. > > > > > > If you don't want to link the SSL code into you application, look up > "stunnel", which is a free program (for Windows too) which does almost > exactly what you ask for. > > If you would rather link the code into your application, you are in the > right place, this is exactly what OpenSSL was originally created for. > Link your application to the latest version of OpenSSL and follow the > tutorials elsewhere for how to call it in a https client (It is mostly > about passing all your socket send/recv calls through OpenSSL > functions, plus some slightly tricky code to call when doing > connect() and socketclose()). > > If you have questions about any of the function calls needed, post on > this mailing list. Jakob, hello. In the procedures you mention are you referring to building this program anew from source in a Linux environment? If so, what tools would be needed to do something like that and where can I find a well-stated "introduction" to this procedure in general? I would like to at least take a look at it to see what is entailed. Thanks. > > P.S. > > If anyone could point the OP (and others as this seems a FAQ) to a good > example of adding OpenSSL to existing socket code with current best > practices, please post it as a reply in this thread. > __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing Listopenssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
Re: Enabling https capability
(Note you really should have started a new thread, not replied to an old one). On 11/1/2012 5:00 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I will give it a try because it seems likely that someone here can point me in the right direction if need be. I am not a programmer. I have an application that can make http connections but not https. The connections are made from a Windows command line interface, not a browser. I would like to enable it to make https connections too without having to reinvent the wheel. If there is some way to connect it to an intermediary proxy program that does have built-in support for the https protocol, that would be swell. Is such a thing possible or is there another solution I don't see? Thanks. If you don't want to link the SSL code into you application, look up "stunnel", which is a free program (for Windows too) which does almost exactly what you ask for. If you would rather link the code into your application, you are in the right place, this is exactly what OpenSSL was originally created for. Link your application to the latest version of OpenSSL and follow the tutorials elsewhere for how to call it in a https client (It is mostly about passing all your socket send/recv calls through OpenSSL functions, plus some slightly tricky code to call when doing connect() and socketclose()). If you have questions about any of the function calls needed, post on this mailing list. P.S. If anyone could point the OP (and others as this seems a FAQ) to a good example of adding OpenSSL to existing socket code with current best practices, please post it as a reply in this thread. Enjoy Jakob -- Jakob Bohm, CIO, Partner, WiseMo A/S. http://www.wisemo.com Transformervej 29, 2730 Herlev, Denmark. Direct +45 31 13 16 10 This public discussion message is non-binding and may contain errors. WiseMo - Remote Service Management for PCs, Phones and Embedded __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing Listopenssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
Enabling https capability
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I will give it a try because it seems likely that someone here can point me in the right direction if need be. I am not a programmer. I have an application that can make http connections but not https. The connections are made from a Windows command line interface, not a browser. I would like to enable it to make https connections too without having to reinvent the wheel. If there is some way to connect it to an intermediary proxy program that does have built-in support for the https protocol, that would be swell. Is such a thing possible or is there another solution I don't see? Thanks. John __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing Listopenssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
