open secure socket... using certificate

[Richard Gaskin]

Bernard Devlin wrote:

 > On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 4:44 PM Richard Gaskin wrote:
 >> Is this specific to the server "accept" not supporting SSL,
 >> or something client-side?
 >
 > Hi Richard, it's client side.
 >
 > The project is a messaging app, principally for mobile.  SSL/TLS
 > certificates issued with client software enable servers to know that
 > the connection is allowed at a network level before any user
 > authentication.


Thank you, Bernard.  In bringing myself up to speed on this, once I 
stumbled across the phrase "two-way SSL" I was able to find much good 
reading about it.

I just added Comment #11 to the bug report on this:

     The range of services requiring two-way SSL is increasing,
     and with IoT the scope of use cases is multiplying.

     Where required, I don't see an opportunity for a scripted
     workaround, so in those cases the only alternative is to
     leave LC for a tool that supports two-way SSL.

     This would seem a good time to bite the bullet on this
     implementation. What would be required to make it happen?

https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13410#c11

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