Re: secure socket programming

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From: Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] (mvp_at_spam.guard.caspershouse.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:45:57 -0500

laimis,

    You are right, .NET 1.1 does not have any classes that deal with SSL.
You would have to use a third party library (perhaps the Indy project at
http://www.indyproject.org).

    However, .NET 2.0 does have support for Secure Sockets, so you won't
have to wait too long if don't want to use something outside the framework.

    Hope this helps. 

-- 
               - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
               - mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com
"laimis" <simulai@NOSPAMiit.edu> wrote in message 
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> Hey guys,
>
> Has anyone here done done socket programming with c# where you would 
> connect
> to secure server over SSL? After numerious searches online on google, I am
> almost to the point where I believe that .net framework doesn't have any
> classes for SSL sockets. Is that true?
>
> So if I want to make connections over SSL, does that mean I have to use
> someone's libraries that provide sockets that are capable of completing 
> SSL
> required handshakes?
>
> Any message or hint on this is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
>

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