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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:31:17 +0800
From: Lai Yiu Fai <ccyflai@ust.hk>
To: dev@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: writing 2.x module thaty makes SSL connection
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Thanks but filter looks complicated to do a simple job.  That module just 
requires to request a XML document via https.  What would be the simply way
to do that?

Regards,
-Fai

On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:29:26PM +0200, Graham Leggett wrote:
> On Mon, June 12, 2006 2:24 pm, Lai Yiu Fai wrote:
> 
> > I would like to write a module which make https connection and read the
> > response.  Are there any export functions in mod_ssl, mod_proxy ... etc
> > that
> > do the jobs?  I have searched all APR_DECLARE_OPTIONAL_FN() and seems
> > nothing related.   So, should I go directly to OpenSSL calls or any APR
> > SSL
> > helper API existed?
> 
> mod_proxy_http does this, but the connection it creates uses the httpd
> filter mechanism to do it, along with the SSL filter provided by mod_ssl.
> 
> What protocol are you trying to speak over the SSL connection?
> 
> Regards,
> Graham
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>