Re: HTTP/HTTPS proxy

2000-11-10 Thread Eric Rescorla
I'm resending this because I've been having mailer problems. Sorry if you get it twice. Carlos Vicente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Browsing through the archives I found this post of yours. I am now > working exactly on the same kind of SSL proxy you described, and I'm > stuck exactly on the sa

Re: HTTP/HTTPS proxy

2000-11-10 Thread Eric Rescorla
Carlos Vicente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Browsing through the archives I found this post of yours. I am now > working exactly on the same kind of SSL proxy you described, and I'm > stuck exactly on the same problem. It's clear that browsers initiate > the SSL session --sending the ClientHell

Re: HTTP/HTTPS proxy

2000-11-10 Thread Peter Sylvester
> > Have you found any other solution to this? I would appreciate your > help. > Here an idea: - You create an https proxy (it may also be an http proxy) running on localhost. - The proxy is actually a CA. when it receives a connect request, it creates on the fly a server certificate sig

Re: HTTP/HTTPS proxy

2000-11-08 Thread John Allen
Carlos Vicente wrote: Hi Allan,   As far as I am aware an proxy server must support the CONNECT method, and this is what a Client will use to establish a connection on a port other than 80   Browsing through the archives I found this post of yours.  I am now working exactly on the same kind of SS