Https & Certificates

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

is there a way to send https with certificates using a high level function like Net::SSLeay::get_https ? I'm developing a program that needs to make https requests to an ssl server, using certificate authentication. I REALLY don't want to rewrite the LWP or SSLeay modules. I'm pretty sure it has been done before. can you help me ?

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Re: Https & Certificates by Anonymous Monk on Jun 04, 2001 at 18:46 UTC
You guys are fast ;) let me clarify my question. I'm using an apache server with - SSLVerifyClient require SSLVerifyDepth 2 this option requires the client to send a certificate on any ssl connection. my only problem is that I can't find any way to set the certificate path to be sent to the server without getting into all the socket/ssl details. I've tried using Net::SSLeay::get_https & LWP but either one gives the gui to set up the certificate path.	[reply]
Re: Https & Certificates by swiftone (Curate) on Jun 04, 2001 at 17:48 UTC
As I understand it, LWP supports https as long as the proper modules are installed. I pounded our local HTTPS server with an LWP-using script to test it. What are you trying to do that LWP doesn't support?	[reply]
Re: Https & Certificates by nardo (Friar) on Jun 04, 2001 at 23:39 UTC
You could try using Net::SSLeay::use_certificate_file. It's mentioned in the documentation but not in great detail so I'm not sure if it does what you want, but from the name of it, it sounds like it might.	[reply]
Re: Https & Certificates by AidanLee (Chaplain) on Jun 04, 2001 at 17:44 UTC
I'm not sure I can answer your question, but maybe i can ask you a question that will make it easier for other Monks to give you a hand. What is it that you are doing that makes impractical to just use Net::SSLeay rather than trying to replace it? That's kind of what modules are for. I'm quite curious about any answers the other monks may have for you `:)`	[reply]