Sockets and client certificate

["Peter Connell" <Peter.Connell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Using sockets in RPGLE to send an HTTP request to a remote HTTP server has long 
been standard fare.
Using SSL sockets proved a little more difficult with much thanks to some 
sample RPGLE code from Barbara Morris a couple of years ago.

It is also clear how to embed base64 encoded authentication details into the 
HTTP header for connection to sites that require Basic Authentication. But does 
anyone know how to accomodate a site that requires a client certificate for 
authentication.
I did a brief google search for RFCs on this but they prove to be tiresome.

I would like to think that it's as simple as knowing the correct HTTP 
directives to embed the header and then just copy in the client certificate 
directly from where it is stored on the IFS but that may be wishful thinking.
It would be also be nice to be able to dump a communication trace for such a 
request but it is unfortunately unreadable since it is encrypted. I presume 
that would also be the case for some tool that might expose the header when 
using a browser to connect.

Finding info on this stuff seems like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Can anyone help?

Peter  
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