Re: Best Practices for Secure Communications

From: Michel Gallant (MVP) (neutron@istar.ca)
Date: 02/20/03 

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:59:51 -0500
From: "Michel Gallant (MVP)" <neutron@istar.ca>

Isn't this just a chat-client implemented on top of SSL or IPSec?
Or are you trying to reinvent the SSL protocol handshake process?

 - Mitch

Tim Overbay wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a definitive "best practices" example of exchanging text messages
> between a client and host? I'm looking for something along these lines:
>
> - The client sends their encrypted credentials to the host.
> - The host verifies the credentials and creates a key pair.
> - The client and host communicate securely via encrypted, Base64
> strings.
>
> Any help locating some sample code would be appreciated.
>
> T

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