Re: TCPConnect and SSL servers

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 37752
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texte = Marc Frechet wrote: > > I am in a position where I would like to set up a WebDNA script to send > information to a CGI on an SSL server (outside of my control). I need > to do this as a batch executed by a trigger, as the whole purpose is to > automate the procedure. > > My immediate thought was to simply have a TCPConnect (and TCPSend, > obviously) context inside of a Founditems loop. My problem is this; the > perl script is set up to only function with an SSL connection, and the > information in my TCPSend is not SSL encrypted, so it only returns an > error. Specifically, when I execute: > > [tcpconnect host=secure.domain.com&port=443][tcpsend]GET > /cgi-bin/directory/script.cgi?field1=value1&field2=value2&etc=... > HTTP/1.0 [UnURL]%0D%0A%0D%0A[/UnURL][/tcpsend][/tcpconnect] > > I get a response of: > > Bad Request > Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. > Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port. > Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please. > > Has anyone tackled this before? I must admit that my knowledge of the > inner workings of SSL are not up to par, so I am not sure if this is a > place for the Encrypt tag, or if what I am trying to do is even possible > at all. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > TCPConnect does not understand SSL. It would be fairly difficult to add that support to WebCatalog (though not impossible). You can write a Perl script that will do the SSL connection for you, depending on your platform.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: TCPConnect and SSL servers (Marc Frechet 2001)
  2. Re: TCPConnect and SSL servers (John Peacock 2001)
  3. Re: TCPConnect and SSL servers (Marc Kaiwi 2001)
  4. TCPConnect and SSL servers (Marc Frechet 2001)
Marc Frechet wrote: > > I am in a position where I would like to set up a WebDNA script to send > information to a CGI on an SSL server (outside of my control). I need > to do this as a batch executed by a trigger, as the whole purpose is to > automate the procedure. > > My immediate thought was to simply have a TCPConnect (and TCPSend, > obviously) context inside of a Founditems loop. My problem is this; the > perl script is set up to only function with an SSL connection, and the > information in my TCPSend is not SSL encrypted, so it only returns an > error. Specifically, when I execute: > > [tcpconnect host=secure.domain.com&port=443][tcpsend]GET > /cgi-bin/directory/script.cgi?field1=value1&field2=value2&etc=... > HTTP/1.0 [unurl]%0D%0A%0D%0A[/UnURL][/tcpsend][/tcpconnect] > > I get a response of: > > Bad Request > Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. > Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port. > Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please. > > Has anyone tackled this before? I must admit that my knowledge of the > inner workings of SSL are not up to par, so I am not sure if this is a > place for the Encrypt tag, or if what I am trying to do is even possible > at all. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > TCPConnect does not understand SSL. It would be fairly difficult to add that support to WebCatalog (though not impossible). You can write a Perl script that will do the SSL connection for you, depending on your platform.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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