QSslServer - how to ?
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Hey
So I was about to update my Encrypted-qtcSocket system when I noticed that in Qt 6.4 there is QSslServer ? : O
Now I've never really looked in to ssl encryption/etc. I usually just made my own handshake/message/packet and used that. But now I was wondering if I can skip the "pain" of doing my own handshake & relay on QsslServer/Socket for my security and just use my own packet implementation...In any case, I'm reading and digging in trying to wrap my head around it.
https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt6-6.4/qsslserver.html#details
https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qsslsocket.html
https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qsslcertificate.html#details
https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qsslcipher.html#detailsNow I'm not a security expert in Ssl... so I was wondering, does any1 have any experience in it?
I want to run my own QsslServer and connect to it via my QSslSockets, Have it all secured, etc.
Do I need to do anything with Certificates/cipher/securityauthority/etc/etc or is Qt handling it all and I'm having a good day ?
any1?As a side note, found this talk from 10y ago about certificated (still trying to find the talk/video> https://github.com/richmoore/qt-examples/blob/master/sslcertmonitor3/sslcertificatemonitor.cpp
But not sure if that is relevant with qsslServer?Regards
Dariusz -
Hi,
No experience yet with that class but from the looks of it, it's drop in replacement for QTcpServer. So I would say that what you will have to take care of is the certificate side. Either use an official provider or if you create your own certificate, be ready to deploy them.
