Hi, No the VASt plugin is not open source. It is not really a plugin. It is just Smalltalk code that calls the OpenSSL lib using external functions (the FFI of VASt). The OpenSSL library delivered with VASt is a very old version and there are some concurrency issues on windows. So I do think that Instantiations is interested in an upgrade. If technically possible than perhaps some kind of cooperation is possible. Two years ago I created an open source alternative for VASt users on windows WinHttpClient & WinCrypt. This is of no use for Zinc because it depends on windows http stack :-( Jan. [1] http://blog.doit.st/2009/06/17/introducing-winhttpclient-for-va-smalltalk/ On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@beta9.be>wrote:
Hi Jan,
On 12 May 2011, at 17:07, Jan van de Sandt wrote:
Hello,
I can help test the client part of a HTTPS implementation. Currently I use Zinc-HTTP together with stunnel.
Note that VA Smalltalk uses OpenSSL on Linux and Windows. So it is possible to use OpenSSL on windows as well [1].
Jan.
That is interesting. Is the VAST plugin open source ?
And of course, thanks for the offer, I knew you would be interested !
Sven