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 :-(

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.
>
> [1] http://www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html

That is interesting.
Is the VAST plugin open source ?

And of course, thanks for the offer, I knew you would be interested !

Sven