open secure socket... using certificate

[Bob Sneidar]

Agreed. All a cert does is guarantee (if I can use such a word in the security realm) that the current host is who they say they are. If simple encryption is needed, just do that.

I use unsecured sockets in one of my libraries, but I encrypt the data before I send it, then decrypt it on the other end.

Bob S


On Jan 28, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:

Tom Glod wrote:

> Wondering if it will be super hard to create certificate and make it
> work on localhost sockets.

Pardon my naivete, but what is the value of a secured socket in local socket comms?

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Richard Gaskin
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