At 1/8/02 04:11 PM, you wrote:

>Greetings all,
>         I see in version 7 that we can do custom arguments for http. What
>I'm wondering is if it is possible now or will be in the future to do custom
>checks with https?

You cannot do HTTPS monitoring with V7 now.  I personally don't expect 
Ipswitch to build support for it anytime soon.

The kicker with HTTPS is that WhatsUp would have to support SSL 
(technically, a plugin for WhatsUp would have to support SSL).  If you have 
a good Win32 SSL library, this is not impossible.  But, most of the good 
SSL libraries are not cheap.  In fact, I think all of the commercial ones 
try to stick the developer with per-unit-sold royalties.  While I can't 
speak for IpSwitch, I imagine this is one of their good reasons to have not 
done SSL monitoring yet.  Those nasty export regulations being another....

But, the good news with WhatsUp is that a competent C++ programmer should 
be able to make their own SSL enabled TCP/IP plugin, using OpenSSL 
(www.openssl.org).  Well, it may take someone a little more than just 
competent, but certainly not a wizard.

--D


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