C# and SSL

Wayetender

I have a question about one of the demos. I noticed the C++ 'hello' demo allowed SSL, but the C# 'hello' demo didn't have that. Is it possible to do in C#, or should I use glacier for SSL with C#?

michi

At the moment, Icicle doesn't have SSL support, sorry. (It's on the TODO list.)

Cheers,

Michi.

Wayetender

Alright, this is my last question.
Let me give you some background information on what I want to do. I want to have a server-to-client callback (so the client will also run like a server), but yet not have any incoming ports open from the client(because the clients will most likely be behind firewalls/NAT). I know this is somewhat impossible with the current version of Ice without Glacier (to have bi-directional support). However, the main code enviroment is C#. I noticed that there is something called glacierrouter.exe in the bin.. Basically what I'm getting down to:

Is there any way I can have this Bi-Directional connection support (*without* the client opening any incoming ports) but still keep C# as the programming language?

This is the last I need to know, everything else I've figured out, and I must say, it's very nicely set up.. The only problem I am having is the support for C#.. but hey, I could always try switching to C++. Thanks.

marc

Why not use Glacier? The fact that Glacier is written in C++, buy you want to write your applications in C# doesn't matter, as Ice is language transparant. You will only be able to use Glacier with TCP instead of SSL, until Ice for C# supports SSL.

Wayetender

Alright, thanks i'll try writing the router part in C++. Thanks.

marc

Why do you want to write "the router part in C++"? What router part are you referring to? You can use Glacier with Ice for C# without writing a single line in C++.

Wayetender

Ahh, ok. I see what you mean now. I misinterpreted that last post. Sorry if I have been bothersome, I now have all that I need, and it is a nice feeling.

Thank you for all the help.

Wayetender

Originally posted by marc
Why do you want to write "the router part in C++"? What router part are you referring to? You can use Glacier with Ice for C# without writing a single line in C++.

However, there will be multiple clients needing bi-directional connections. Therefore I need GlacierStarter, but how am I going to obtain a router without any Glacier support for C#?

marc

All the support you need are the Glacier starter slice files, translated with slice2cs. The Ice for C++ and Ice for Java distributions do this automatically, and pack the compiled slice files into Glacier.so/Ice.jar. For Ice for C#, you will have to do this by hand.

Note that we didn't test Ice for C# with Glacier yet, but we will add the tests and demos for using Ice for C# with Glacier in the next version.

Wayetender

Holy smokes you guys are good. Thank you, Thank you!