Re: Best Practices for Secure Communications

From: Tim Overbay (luhar@luharsoftworks.com)
Date: 02/20/03

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    From: "Tim Overbay" <luhar@luharsoftworks.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:48:59 -0700

    I think maybe I worded my question incorrectly, but your suggestion is
    exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!

    T

    "Pieter Philippaerts" <pieter@no_spam.mentalis.org> wrote in message
    news:#GjN2uH2CHA.1916@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
    > "Tim Overbay" <luhar@luharsoftworks.com> wrote in message
    > news:eZim98G2CHA.1752@TK2MSFTNGP10...
    > > Is there a definitive "best practices" example of exchanging text
    messages
    > > between a client and host? I'm looking for something along these lines:
    > <SNIP>
    > > Any help locating some sample code would be appreciated.
    >
    > The SSL and TLS protocols are doing exactly that: they authenticate the
    > client and server, and they transparently encrypt and decrypt messages
    sent
    > between the two.
    > Unfortunately, the .NET runtime only supports SSL and TLS for HTTP
    > connections; if you wish to use different protocols, you can either buy a
    > commercial SSL/TLS package, or you can download a free implementation such
    > as ours: http://www.mentalis.org/soft/projects/seclib/
    >
    > Regards,
    > Pieter Philippaerts
    > http://www.mentalis.org/
    >
    >

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