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echo: fidonews
to: ALAN IANSON
from: ROB SWINDELL
date: 2019-12-11 12:01:00
subject: Ialternaernaernative tran

  Re: Ialternaernaernative transports
  By: Alan Ianson to Rob Swindell on Mon Dec 09 2019 04:42 pm

 > Hello Rob,
 >
 >  RS> Having Synchronet/BinkIT listen/accept BINKP/TLS connections is a
 >  RS> piece of cake. Simply add the following to your ctrl/services.ini
 >  RS> file:
 >
 >  RS> [BINKPS]
 >  RS> Enabled=true
 >  RS> Port=24555
 >  RS> Command=binkit.js
 >  RS> LogLevel=debug
 >  RS> Options=TLS
 >
 > I have that setup now and binkit.js is listening also on port 24555 with the
 > TLS option.
 >
 > A couple questions about sessions over TLS. Are session passwords required,
 > and is there anything else I need like a cert of some kind?

A session password would be required for "secure" sessions, the same as when
not using TLS. And you should already have a cert file: ctrl/ssl.cert. It's a
self-signed certificate by default, or you can get one from LetsEncrypt using
the Synchronet letSyncrypt module.


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