From: Asfand Yar Qazi <im_not_giving_it_here@..._hate_spam.com>
Date: 2004-04-06T05:04:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [WANTED] Secure TCPServer, TCPClient

Dick Davies wrote:
> * gabriele renzi <surrender_it@rc1.vip.ukl.yahoo.com> [0315 22:15]:
> 
>>il 28 Mar 2004 07:49:57 -0800, djberg96@hotmail.com (Daniel Berger) ha
>>scritto::
>>
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>With the inclusion of the OpenSSL package in Ruby 1.8.x, is there
>>>anyone out there capable and willing to create secure version of
>>>TCPServer and TCPClient?   Perhaps additional methods for dealing with
>>>public/private keys, etc, would be needed.
>>
>>FWIW I believe that this would be cool :)
>>
>>
>>>I am simply unqualified to write such a beast but would very much like
>>>to have it available.
> 
> 
>>I don't even ever felt the need for it, but It would be lovely to
>>support, say pop3 over ssl just doing something like 
>>TCPSocket=SSLTCPSocket 
>>:)
> 

Scanning the drb/ssl.rb file, I came across this:
       def connect(tcp)
         ssl = ::OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(tcp, @ssl_ctx)
         ssl.sync = true
         ssl.connect
         ssl
       end

Any help?

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