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Bill Perry <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:

> (defun nntp-open-ssl-stream (buffer)
>   (let* ((ssl-program-arguments '("-connect" (concat host ":" service)))
> 	 (proc (open-ssl-stream "nntpd" buffer nntp-address
> nntp-port-number)))
>     (save-excursion
>       (set-buffer buffer)
>       (nntp-wait-for-string "^\r*20[01]")
>       (beginning-of-line)
>       (delete-region (point-min) (point))
>       proc)))
> 
> This should NOT modify ssl-program-arguments, otherwise the latest version
> of ssl.el (that uses OpenSSL by default) will fail to work, because the
> 's_client' parameter has been removed.

Ok.  So the function shouldn't bind ssl-program-arguments at all?

> I was thinking of distributing an 'emacs.openssl' script or something like
> that as part of ssl.el and making it use it by default.  What would be
> ideal is if someone outside the united states would volunteer to
> re-implement my SSL patches to Emacs from ages ago.

Haven't the restrictions on crypty exports from the US largely been
lifted, or am I misinformed?

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