Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 13:30:14 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Bingrui Foo <foob@purdue.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about insecure server Message-ID: <3EE22126.50703@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.51.0306070449340.19465@herald.cc.purdue.edu> References: <Pine.SOL.4.51.0306070449340.19465@herald.cc.purdue.edu>
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Bingrui Foo wrote: [ ... ] > I'm wondering is there a way to use ssh instead of telnet to connect to my > chat server to make the connection secure? > > Do I have to modify the C socket code to somehow allow people to ssh into > it? Or is there another way. I have no idea how to make it secure. You can change your C code to use the OpenSSL library; if you do that, you have the option of then negotiating STARTTLS and thus support both encrypted and non-encrypted connections on the same listening socket. However, it might be much easier to install /usr/ports/security/stunnel, and use that to "wrap" your program. -Chuck
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