From: Barry Margolin <barmar AT bbnplanet DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.programming,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: can i et hold of a copy of a telnet program's source code
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In article <778f8k$298$1 AT samba DOT rahul DOT net>,
to comp.os.linux.development.apps <axlq AT unicorn DOT us DOT com> wrote:
>I am wondering if it is possible to use it to initiate a secure https
>connection too, and how that might be done, for simple outputting and
>getting of text data.

The basic mechanism of initiating a connection is the same regardless of
the application; just call socket() and connect().  In the case of HTTPS,
most of the complexity is in the authentication and encryption, not
initiating the connection.

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