NAME

       Net::Proxy::Connector::ssl - SSL Net::Proxy connector

DESCRIPTION

       "Net::Proxy::Connecter::ssl" is a "Net::Proxy::Connector" that can manage SSL connections (thanks to
       "IO::Socket::SSL").

       By default, this connector creates SSL sockets. You will need to subclass it to create "smarter"
       connectors than can upgrade their connections to SSL.

       In addition to the options listed below, this connector accepts all "SSL_..." options to
       "IO::Socket::SSL". They are transparently passed through to the appropriate "IO::Socket::SSL" methods
       when needed.

CONNECTOR OPTIONS

       The connector accept the following options:

   "in"
       •   host

           The listening address. If not given, the default is "localhost".

       •   port

           The listening port.

       •   start_cleartext

           If  true,  the  connection  will start in cleartext.  It is possible to upgrade a socket to using SSL
           with the "upgrade_SSL()" method.

   "out"
       •   host

           The listening address. If not given, the default is "localhost".

       •   port

           The listening port.

       •   start_cleartext

           If true, the connection will start in cleartext.  It is possible to upgrade a  socket  to  using  SSL
           with the "upgrade_SSL()" method.

METHODS

       The "Net::Proxy::Connector::ssl" connector has an extra method:

       upgrade_SSL( $sock )
           This  method  will  upgrade  a  cleartext  socket  to  SSL.  If the socket is already in SSL, it will
           "carp()".

CREATING A SELF-SIGNED CERTIFICATE

       I tend to forget this information, and the openssl documentation doesn't make this any clearer,  so  here
       are the most basic commands needed to create your own self-signed certificate (courtesy David Morel):

           $ openssl genrsa -out key.pem 1024
           $ openssl req -new -key key.pem -x509 -out cert.pem -days 365

       A  certificate is required is you want to run a SSL server or a proxy with a "Net::Proxy::Connector::ssl"
       as its "in" connector.

       Once the  key  and  certificate  have  been  created,  you  can  use  them  in  your  parameter  list  to
       "Net::Proxy->new()" (they are passed through to "IO::Socket::SSL"):

           Net::Proxy->new(
               {
                   in => {
                       host          => '0.0.0.0',
                       port          => 443,
                       SSL_key_file  => 'key.pem',
                       SSL_cert_file => 'cert.pem',
                   },
                   out => { type => 'tcp', port => '80' }
               }
           );

AUTHOR

       Philippe 'BooK' Bruhat, "<book@cpan.org>".

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2006 Philippe 'BooK' Bruhat, All Rights Reserved.

LICENSE

       This  program  is  free  software;  you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.

perl v5.32.1                                       2021-12-26                    Net::Proxy::Connector::ssl(3pm)