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From:
Craig A. Berry
Date:
December 10, 2021 22:22
Subject:
Re: OpenSSL alternative support WAS Re: Pre-RFC: supporthttpsout-of-the-box
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On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 3:59 PM Martijn Lievaart <m@rtij.nl> wrote:
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> Op 10-12-2021 om 22:30 schreef Craig A. Berry:
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> [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wininet/nf-wininet-internetreadfile
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> From that page:
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> Note  WinINet does not support server implementations. In addition, it should not be used from a service. For server implementations or services use Microsoft Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP).
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> If that means Windows Server implementations do not support this API, then another one should probably be used. But surely there is one that works on all types of Windows OS?

Thanks, but I think that just means you can't implement services with
it.  We don't want to implement an http(s) service, just an http(s)
client, even if it's running on a server version of Windows.
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