Add SSL support to async_server #397
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Add basic SSL support to async_server. Use stream_handler class to make sure we don't copy code.
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Still using the OpenSSLlib? |
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It uses boost::asio ssl support, which uses OpenSSL. |
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@deanberris Could you take a look at the pull request? Thanks! |
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Thanks @jellevdd -- this mostly LGTM. If you can also update the documentation to show how to set up the server so that it does to SSL on the server as well in another pull request that would be great. :) |
Add SSL support to async_server
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@deanberris Initial documentation can be found at cpp-netlib/cpp-netlib.github.com#7 |
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Can the LibreSSL lib be linked easily instead of OpenSSL? Does anyone know? |
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I think it should be possible, they said they aim to be a drop in replacement (not changing any of the exposed interfaces). I'm not sure though, you could ask on the asio mailing list if you want a definite answer (only reason openssl is needed is because boost::asio uses it for ssl). |
Add SSL support to async_server
SSL support can be added by including a boost::asio::ssl::context to the server options. If no SSL context is set, the server will behave in the original way (http server).
This approach should be backwards compatible and it should be fairly easy to add SSL support to already existing http servers.