I have the impression that there is still some confusion around using Zodiac to do HTTPS access. The easiest way to try this for yourself is to download the customized one-click image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16235440/Pharo-1.3-Zodiac-OneClick.app.zip (~25Mb) Now, next is some code that shows how do a command line google search using HTTPS on Linux. Let's build a curl like tool that can do this: $ ./query-google.sh 'Pharo Smalltalk' | less […] $ cat query-google.sh #!/bin/bash script_home=$(dirname $0) script_home=$(cd $script_home && pwd) image=$script_home/experimental.image script=$script_home/query-google.st args=$* vm=$script_home/bin/CogVM options="-vm-display-null -vm-sound-null" #echo $vm $options $image $script $args $vm $options $image $script $args $ cat query-google.st | result | result := ZnClient new systemPolicy; beOneShot; https; host: 'encrypted.google.com'; addPath: 'search'; queryAt: 'q' put: Smalltalk commandLine arguments first; get. FileStream stdout nextPutAll: result. Smalltalk quitPrimitive. $ cat build.st "Script to update a stock Pharo 1.3 image with application specific code" Gofer new squeaksource: 'ZincHTTPComponents'; package: 'Zinc-HTTP'; package: 'Zinc-AWS'; load. Gofer new squeaksource: 'Zodiac'; package: 'Zodiac-Core'; load. Gofer new squeaksource: 'ZincHTTPComponents'; package: 'Zinc-Zodiac'; load. SmalltalkImage current saveAs: 'experimental'; snapshot: false andQuit: true. Using this VM http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/29042/CogVM-Unix-13307.zip Add SqueakSSL.so next to your VM $ ls -la bin total 1480 drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 2012-01-30 15:32 . drwxr-xr-x 4 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 2012-01-30 15:41 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 1148103 2011-08-31 12:51 CogVM -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 63490 2011-08-31 12:51 libB3DAcceleratorPlugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 28829 2011-08-31 12:51 libFT2Plugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 29708 2011-08-31 12:51 libSqueakFFIPrims.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 67498 2012-01-30 15:31 SqueakSSL.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 10765 2011-08-31 12:51 vm-display-null -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 109674 2011-08-31 12:51 vm-display-X11 -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 23322 2011-08-31 12:51 vm-sound-ALSA -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 6221 2011-08-31 12:51 vm-sound-null And everything should be fine. Sven