Thursday, May 25, 2023

Digest for comp.lang.c++@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee>: May 26 12:11AM +0300

25.05.2023 22:18 R.Wieser kirjutas:
> Paavo,
 
>> For client sockets I do not use any BIO* functions.
 
> That still means you could be using either native or SSL_xxx sockets.
 
I'm using a native socket created by the C socket() call.
 
 
> That explains me not finding it, but also means that your offered code is of
> the same level as most of what I can find on the web : incomplete, leaving
> me guess to what else to get it to work is needed. :-\
 
Right. Nobody has said life should be easy ;-) Also, nobody has paid me
to prepare code examples which would exactly suit your needs.
 
 
> I might, in the future, try to find out how I can access Windows own cert
> store for it, but as said I want to keep the current code as simple/basic as
> possible.
 
You just snipped the code which you maybe will try to figure out in the
future.
 
> write something with /around that, but it would just be a "monkey see,
> monkey do" result - no real understanding of what I'm (effectivily) copying.
> :-(
 
Well, that's how it tends to be.
 
For openssl functions, you can at least just google "man FUNCTIONNAME"
to get the man page.
 
Of course, it does not help openssl contains hundreds of functions, half
of which are deprecated, and half of which are not needed for the task
at hand.
 
If one feels uncomfortable with raw sockets and raw openssl, one can use
some higher level interface like libcurl, or maybe Python. If I would
need to write this functionality again, I would probably use libcurl.
"Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>: May 25 02:07PM -0700

> With knowledge ande skill, thine endeavor shalodour.
> May this Middle English spelinge, inspirynge thyne queste,
> Illuminate C++'s misteries ande bringe thee the beste.
 
Thou art Dead. They took our jobs! Grrrr...
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