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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:29:26 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: Re: writing 2.x module thaty makes SSL connection
From: "Graham Leggett" <minfrin@sharp.fm>
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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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