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Naty

2004-06-09, 4:04 pm

Hi!
Where can I find information about how to use HTTPS or SSL, examples, etc.
I read about SSL native is not supported in VW 7 but still maybe I can try
to use HTTPS
Regards

Naty

OCIT

2004-06-10, 3:59 pm

"Naty" <natess2k@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<40c70910@news.totallyobjects.com>...
> Hi!
> Where can I find information about how to use HTTPS or SSL, examples, etc.
> I read about SSL native is not supported in VW 7 but still maybe I can try
> to use HTTPS
> Regards
>
> Naty

NetClientDevGuide pdf under the doc directory in the VW distribution
has a section entitled Secure HTTP which deals with https.

You can also use Stunnel to provide SSL at the connection level and
then run Opentalk over that. I have not actually tried it yet but I am
interested in checking it out. If you do go ahead and use Stunnel
please post an account of your experiences to the group.

thanks

Charles

Martin Kobetic

2004-06-10, 9:01 pm

Naty wrote:
> Where can I find information about how to use HTTPS or SSL, examples, etc.

Depending on the VW version there's a fairly extensive discussion about
SSL in either the ReleaseNotes.pdf, the NetClientDev.pdf, or the new
Security.pdf (VW7.2) document. The chapter is titled 'Secure Socket
Layer'. Pretty much the same text can be found in the comment of the SSL
parcel.
For HTTPS use the HttpsClient from the HTTPS parcel. It's used pretty
much the same way as the HttpClient, the 2 additional aspects of it are
sslContext and validationBlock (those are discussed in detail in the SSL
documentation).

> I read about SSL native is not supported in VW 7 but still maybe I can try
> to use HTTPS

Not sure what you mean here. We're shipping native SSL implementation
since VW7 (beta in VW5i.4).

HTH,

Martin

--
Martin Kobetic, Cincom Smalltalk Development,
http://www.cincom.com/smalltalk

Naty

2004-06-10, 9:01 pm

Thank you!!!
I install the SSL parcel and I'm following the Security.pdf.
The version of my VW is 7.2!
About the support of native SSL, I read the following in the Web
Application developer guide.pdf
for that reason I wrote !
Regards

Naty

Secure Sockets Layer

An X.509 client certificate may be associated with the request to

implement a secure transfer protocol such as HTTPS. Your application

can query for the presence of this certificate using the isSecure method.

Version 7 of VisualWorks Application Server can use the SSL support of

a front-end Web server, but does not provide its own SSL

implementation. Native SSL support will be added in a future release.
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"Martin Kobetic" <mkobetic@cincom.com> wrote in message
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> Naty wrote:
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>
> Depending on the VW version there's a fairly extensive discussion about
> SSL in either the ReleaseNotes.pdf, the NetClientDev.pdf, or the new
> Security.pdf (VW7.2) document. The chapter is titled 'Secure Socket
> Layer'. Pretty much the same text can be found in the comment of the SSL
> parcel.
> For HTTPS use the HttpsClient from the HTTPS parcel. It's used pretty
> much the same way as the HttpClient, the 2 additional aspects of it are
> sslContext and validationBlock (those are discussed in detail in the SSL
> documentation).
>
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>
> Not sure what you mean here. We're shipping native SSL implementation
> since VW7 (beta in VW5i.4).
>
> HTH,
>
> Martin
>
> --
> Martin Kobetic, Cincom Smalltalk Development,
> http://www.cincom.com/smalltalk

James A. Robertson

2004-06-12, 3:57 pm

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:51:21 -0300, "Naty" <natess2k@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Hi!
>Where can I find information about how to use HTTPS or SSL, examples, etc.
>I read about SSL native is not supported in VW 7 but still maybe I can try
>to use HTTPS
>Regards

Download the documentation for VW - http://smalltalk.cincom.com

>
>Naty
>

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