[Opensim-dev] SSL for management applications in ssl-dev branch

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Hi BlueWall.  Should the new HTTPs section in Robust.ini.example also be in Robust.HG.ini.example.

Is it worth having a common included config file instead of duplicating such settings?

On 01/05/11 23:36, BlueWall wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Just pushed a new branch with support for creating https listeners in
> OpenSimulator. The support is available in both the region server and
> in Robust. I have tested the region server with the remote admin plugin
> sample code from:
> http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/2008/01/23/using-pythons-xmlrpclib-with-opensim/ .
> And tested Robust with a modified version of my WxService (made to properly
> load directly into Robust) and some python clients. This is not intended
> for
> Region<-->Region or Region<-->Robust communications at this time. But,
> instead, it is for aimed at providing secure links for external
> applications
> needing to communicate with either the region server or Robust services.
> Hopefully this will be helpful to users that need to build applications
> against
> OpenSimulator that talk over the open Internet.
>
> There are a couple of ways this can be used. In Robust, you are able to
> make
> the main server run as https, in case you are running a couple of
> applications
> on a separate server that doesn't need to communicate with the
> traditional region
> service. You can also run it as an auxiliary service on a separate port
> from the main,
> non-https, server. Just pass the port you assigned to the https listener
> with the
> parameters in your ServiceConnectors string to have your application use it.
>
> In the OpenSim region server, you can only use the https service as an
> auxiliary to
> the main listener. Assign the port in your module configuration to have
> it use the
> https listener, instead of the main one. See the remote admin plugin to
> see how
> you may do this in your own code.
>
>
> Thanks,
> BlueWall
>
>
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