[ANN] Working SSL In Squeak

stephane ducasse stephane.ducasse at gmail.com
Mon Oct 2 16:22:47 UTC 2006


Hi robert

just that I understand a bit more what  is the role of the DESPlugin?

> Hi all,
>
> Let me add a few things to Ron's announcement.  First off I added a  
> HttpsUrl class and support to retrieve pages with these Urls.  So  
> you can do the following:
>
> 'https://www.fidelity.com' asUrl retrieveContents.
>
> I tried to add support for a POST command, but I couldn't really  
> test it because I couldn't find a WebBrowser.  Do we still have  
> one?  I wanted to do my online banking in squeak! :-)
>
> Second, without a patch the Monticello configurations won't work.   
> Let me list the packages needed from the Cryptography repository.   
> Load, in order:
>
> CryptographyBase
> Cryptography-Core
> Cryptography-DES
> Cryptography-DSA
> Cryptography-ElGamal
> Cryptography-RSA
> Cryptography-SHA1
> Cryptography-RC4
> Cryptography-MD5
> Cryptography-ASN1
> Cryptography-X509
> Cryptography-SSL
>
>
> Lastly. you will need a DESPlugin, which you can find here: http:// 
> minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/2410, including an updated one for Linux.
>
> cheers,
> Robert
>
>
>
> On Oct 2, 2006, at 7:28 AM, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>
>>
>> A while back I started an implementation of TLS 1.2.  Rob Withers  
>> joined the effort a few weeks ago and is has made terrific  
>> progress.  He reorganized everything, added a proper protocol  
>> stack, and now has the certificates working.
>>
>>
>>
>> Our version now works with SSL3.0 and TLS 1.1, and DH or RSA using  
>> x509v3 Certificates.  There are still a number of things that need  
>> to be done but we can now use squeak to connect as an SSL server  
>> and/or client.  See the examples in the workspace that opens when  
>> you load the code.  You will find our implementation at  
>> www.squeaksource.com/Cryptography.  There are two Monticello  
>> Configuration files available to make loading easier.  Load  
>> Cryptography-Configuration.mcm, and then Crypt-Xtra-Config.mcm.
>>
>>
>>
>> We could use some help with testing, code review, documentation or  
>> any other help you would like to offer.
>>
>>
>>
>> There is also support for MS CryptoAPI and CertificateStores for  
>> Microsoft in the MSCert package.  In the future I will be working  
>> on integrating this functionality.  I will also be adding support  
>> for KomHttp which is mostly completed but needs to be updated to  
>> support Rob’s new version.
>>
>>
>>
>> We hope you find this useful and will keep us updated on your use  
>> and issues with our implementation.  If you have any questions  
>> please let us know.  Also again we would like to invite anyone  
>> with interest or experience with cryptography to join our  
>> Cryptography Team athttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/ 
>> listinfo/cryptography .
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks and enjoy,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron Teitelbaum
>>
>> President / Principal Software Engineer
>>
>> US Medical Record Specialists
>>
>> www.USMedRec.com
>>
>> Ron at USMedRec.com
>>
>> Squeak Cryptography Team Leader
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
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