Did you try with “and key tKey”... it does not look like that part is optional.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 26, 2021, at 9:07 AM, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > According to the Dictionary in LC 9.5.1 there is this command: > > open secure socket [from [localHostName][:localPort]] [to] socketID [with > message callbackMessage] [without verification] *[using certificate > certificate and key key]* > > However I can't get it to work. > > open secure socket to "localhost:443" using certificate > > throws a runtime error "no handler: using" > > If I use > > open secure socket to "localhost:443" > > I get a socket connection, but all the security of a client certificate > does not work > > > This causes a syntax error in the IDE: > > open secure socket to "localhost:443" using certificate tName > > Looking through the archives I see that a couple of discussions where > people were asking about this variant of the "open socket" command 5 to 6 > years ago, *saying that the "certificate" part has not been implemented*, > regardless of what the Dictionary says. > > Is it really the case that for the past 6 years LC documentation has been > misleading people concerning the implementation of certificates for secure > socket connections? > > I notice in the Dictionary the entry for "open socket" in the table of > options for this command has entries for "certificate" and "key", but these > are both empty. As if these features were meant to be implemented but were > never implemented and the Dictionary was never updated to remove this > misleading information. > > I just find that hard to believe. > > Regards > > Bernard > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
