Re: Adding SSL support to LuaSocket

[David Burgess <dburgess@...>]

I believe Diego has plans for SSL support in LuaSocket.

Have you looked at usocket.c and wsocket.c ?

I would have thought that these were the only modules requiring
modification.

DB

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:12:19 -0400, Zachary Landau <kapheine@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out the best way to add MatrixSSL[1] support to
> LuaSocket.  Generally, regular socket commands are wrapped in ssl
> versions.  For example, sslRead will call recv and then decode the
> stream.  In some cases, they are called in sequence.  For example,
> accept will be called, and then the received file descriptor will be
> send to sslAccept.
> 
> What would be the best way to add this to LuaSocket?  At first I
> thought copying over tcp.c and changing it to use ssl would be a good
> approach.  That seems to repeat a lot of code though.  The ssl
> functions use regular tcp sockets, so it would be nice to add an ssl
> layer on TOP of 'tcp' rather than replacing it.  I saw no easy means
> to do this, however.
> 
> [1] http://www.matrixssl.org
> 
> --
> Zachary P. Landau <kapheine@gmail.com>
> 


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DB