what is the best cross platform (for MS) way to grab SSL content?

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I have a project that will require my vb.net code to grab SSL content off webpages.

The problem I am having is trying to find out what method will allow for many different windows versions.. from 98,ME,2k,2k3, and XP..

Is WinHTTP the best way to go for SSL and cross platform running?


thanks
Lee

 

[Nate Bross]

Any code written without the use of the Windows API should run regardless of windows version.

 

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Any code written without the use of the Windows API should run regardless of windows version.

I feel stupid, but what does this mean :/

thank you for your help!

 

[Nate Bross]

I dont mean this sarcastically so dont get me wrong, but my beliefe is that any code written using Visual Basic.NET without the use of the Win32 API will run on any computer with the .NET framework. Regardless of the platform, 98, ME, 2k, XP, etc. The .NET framework runs the same on all platforms.

As far as WinHTTP it seems to be what other people use, I am not very familiar with SSL, or WinHTTP. I was just speaking to the cross platform issue.

 

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Point taken... I guess my next question is, is there a .Net method to retreave content from a server over SSL?

example: https://mywebsite.com/secure.exe

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Look at the classes under System.Net - WebClient for one will happily work with SSL

 

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can WebClient do PKI?