Re: SSL enabled server

[Rich Duzenbury <rduz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think it's at all trivial to implement your own SSL server (and 
client!).  The netscape introduction to the SSL protocol is here:
http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/security/sslin/contents.htm

There is some minimal discussion of the certificates.

Regards,
Rich

At 09:12 AM 3/9/01 +1300, you wrote:
>Hi,
>This issue has reared it's head again. So far nobody has been able to help.
>Writing an SSL socket pgm does not appear to be much of a problem since
>there is code about in C and RPGLE.
>I still have not yet got my head around how the certificate thing works
>though.
>It seems to me that having created a certficate you need to associate it
>with the server application.
>For IBM servers like the HTTP server this appears to happen via the web
>based admin for the HTTP server and the Digital Cert Mgr.
>What is the procedure regarding certificates and a user written server?
>
>I know that Barbara Morris has posted code for converting the socket
>prototypes from C to RPGLE but the certificate is independent of the
>language. Perhaps Barabra or someone else knows of someone who has
>implemented their own SSL server.
>
>There is always the java strategy where I believe the certificate stuff
>appears to be more transparent but I'm not ready to go there yet.
>
>Cheers, Peter

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