Re: HTTPS using Indy

On 29 Aug 2005 10:44:17 -0700, "Otavio Macedo"
<otaviomacedo@xxxxxxxxx> waffled on about something:

>Hi,
>
>I have an application that communicates to a HTTP server. But the data
>transferred between client and server is somewhat critical and it is
>important that the connection be secure. AFAIK, the better solution is
>to use HTTP over SSL, right?
>
>I am using the following Indy components: IdHTTP and
>IdConnectionInterceptOpenSSL. What else do I need? Does the client
>needs a certificate file, a cipher list and so on? The server is not
>under my control, but I know it supports SSL.
>
>I am new to SSL and I couldn't understand it very well.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Otavio.

I assume you have the SSL dll's (libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll) for
indy to use?

The client should need nothing else except a route to connect to the
server. Usually this will be on port 443.

The server has SSL certificate.

Dodgy.
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