Re: libwww, SSL, and POST

Hi,

I'll answer my own question here.  HTSSLhttps_init(NO) is the setting I 
should use.  I found the answer on the mailing list archives.  It seems as 
though LOTS of people had this question.

Erik.

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 erikvcl@silcom.com wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Are there any considerations for using POST with SSL?  My code includes 
> the following commands:
> 
>     HTSSL_protMethod_set(HTSSL_V23);
>     HTSSL_verifyDepth_set(2);
>     HTSSLhttps_init(YES);
> 
> I have SSL working with Basic authentication using a GET, but with a POST,
> the request hangs.  The the last few lines ofoutput with Trace set to
> "sop" is:
> 
> SSL_connect: SSLv3 read server certificate A
> SSL_connect: SSLv3 read server key exchange A
> SSL_connect: SSLv3 read server done A
> SSL_connect: SSLv3 write client key exchange A
> SSL_connect: SSLv3 write change cipher spec A
> SSL_connect: SSLv3 write finished A
> SSL_connect: SSLv3 flush data
> SSL_connect: SSLv3 read finished A
> HTSSLWriter. SSL returned 0
> HTSSLWriter. 336 bytes written to 3
> Uploading... Holding 0x101439a0 for 2000 ms using time 0x10160f28
> HTSSL New... Found SSL 0x10164240 with sd =  3
> HTSSL....... New reference count = 2
> HTSSLReader. SSL returned 0
> HTSSLReader. 25 bytes read from socket 3
> Host info... New mode is 1 for host 0x101446d0
> Net Manager. 1 active sockets, increasing persistent sockets to 1
> Host info... added host 0x101446d0 as persistent
> Net Object.. Persistent connection set ON succeeded
> StreamStack. Constructing stream stack for message/x-rfc822-cont to 
> www/debug
> Host........ passing 23 bytes as consumed to 0x10145b80
> Host........ 2 bytes remaining 
> Host........ passing 2 bytes as consumed to 0x10145b80
> Host........ 0 bytes remaining 
> MIME........ FREEING....
> HTSSLReader. CONTINUE
> HTTP........ Continuing
> 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Erik.
> 
>

Received on Wednesday, 1 October 2003 16:28:57 UTC