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Add doc note about STARTTLS

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Ryan Dahl 2011-03-29 09:58:50 -07:00
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@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ signed by one of the specified CAs. If `s.authorized === false` then the error
can be found in `s.authorizationError`. can be found in `s.authorizationError`.
### STARTTLS
In the v0.4 branch no function exists for starting a TLS session on an
already existing TCP connection. This is possible it just requires a bit of
work. The technique is to use `tls.createSecurePair()` which returns two
streams: an encrypted stream and a plaintext stream. The encrypted stream is then
piped to the socket, the plaintext stream is what the user interacts with thereafter.
[Here is some code that does it.](http://gist.github.com/848444)
### tls.Server ### tls.Server
This class is a subclass of `net.Server` and has the same methods on it. This class is a subclass of `net.Server` and has the same methods on it.