RE: Very basic protocol question

> From: Juan Carlos Castro y Castro [SMTP:jcastro@appi.com.br]
>
> So much for that idea. All right then, is there any other software which
> works the way I'm looking for, which is, accepting nonencrypted
> connections
> and making SSL-encrypted connections to the final destination?
>
        Such software does exist and has been used to get around
        the restrictions of the GPL on the Lynx browser (an SSL
        Lynx cannot be redistributed because it contains code which
        is not royalty free for all users). I'd suggest looking at
        the Lynx site http://lynx.browser.org/)

        Within the USA such code would be for non-commercial use
        only and exported binaries would have the same restriction,
        except that they would probably never get an export licence.
        There may be non-US implementations of the same concept (US
        ones must use RSAREF whereas non-US ones could use SSLeay
        to avoid copyright issues).

        I can't really imagine commercial products to do this, as it
        is basically breaching the security of the protocol between
        the proxy and the true client. Most SSL based services would
        never authorise the use of their service with such software,
        although they may not be able to tell and your only problem
        would be you couldn't sue them if there was a breach of security.
        Theoretically they could sue you if they felt that your actions
        had breached their security.
Received on Thu Jul 15 1999 - 11:55:16 MDT