Re: /dev/tcp and ssl

[Seth David Schoen]

Peng Yu writes:

> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37251384/using-ssl-with-bashs-dev-tcp
> 
> I haven't seen an answer to the above question.
> 
> Is it very difficult to use SSL on /dev/tcp so that it is better just
> use `openssl s_client host:port` if SSL over the TCP protocol is
> needed?

I think bash itself would need to be patched to create an additional
virtual device (like /dev/tls or something), and would then need to be
linked against OpenSSL or GnuTLS libraries.  The s_client approach is
definitely simpler.

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