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diff --git a/networking/ssl_helper/README b/networking/ssl_helper/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4d0508fbb --- /dev/null +++ b/networking/ssl_helper/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Build instructions: + +* Unpack matrixssl-3-4-2-open.tgz. +* Build it: "make" +* Drop this directory into matrixssl-3-4-2-open/ssl_helper +* Run ssl_helper.sh to compile and link the helper + +Usage: "ssl_helper -d <FILE_DESCRIPTOR>" where FILE_DESCRIPTOR is open to the peer. + +In bash, you can do it this way: +$ ssl_helper -d3 3<>/dev/tcp/HOST/PORT + +Stdin will be SSL-encrypted and sent to FILE_DESCRIPTOR. +Data from FILE_DESCRIPTOR will be decrypted and sent to stdout. + +The plan is to adapt it for wget https helper, and for ssl support in nc. |