Re: IPv6 and HTTPS (Re: release candidate for dillo-3.0.2)

On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 11:05:15AM -0500, Benjamin Johnson wrote:
> Johannes wrote:
> 
> >I doubt it's worth making the current experimental HTTPS plugin
> >IPv6 ready.
> >We will need a more robust HTTPS solution at some point.
> > Cheers,
> >Johannes
> 
> Why not just reuse the existing HTTP code?
> 
> *cough*
> 
>   http://dillo-win32.sourceforge.net/patches/07-dfcntl.diff
>   http://dillo-win32.sourceforge.net/patches/08-dsock.diff
>   http://dillo-win32.sourceforge.net/patches/17-https.diff
> 
> Just add some warning dialogs and you've got everything the plugin
> offers, plus greater efficiency, code reuse, IPv6, etc.
> 
> (Not to mention, it's thoroughly tested and quite stable on Linux,
> BSD, that other OS with 99% market share, etc.  I use it myself
> every day.)
> 
> Anyway, all my code's still there if you're interested.

Thanks for the offer. Currently the patches don't seem to apply
cleanly and they also mix in WIN32 compatibility code.
So integration work is needed and also an in depth review of the
certificate handling.

Cheers,
Johannes