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#!/usr/local/bin/perl

#this is a hacked up version of one of the examples in the Net::SSLeay
#documentation,  It will return a x509 cert and contents sufficient for
#use in Business::PayPal.pm  just use
# perl ./getppcert.pl >> PayPal.pm to append the new data
        use Socket;
        use Net::SSLeay qw(die_now die_if_ssl_error) ;
        Net::SSLeay::load_error_strings();
        Net::SSLeay::SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms();
        Net::SSLeay::randomize();

        ($dest_serv, $port, $msg) = ('www.paypal.com', '443', 'GET /');
        $port = getservbyname ($port, 'tcp') unless $port =~ /^\d+$/;
        $dest_ip = gethostbyname ($dest_serv);
        $dest_serv_params  = sockaddr_in($port, $dest_ip);
        
        socket  (S, &AF_INET, &SOCK_STREAM, 0)  or die "socket: $!";
        connect (S, $dest_serv_params)          or die "connect: $!";
        select  (S); $| = 1; select (STDOUT);   # Eliminate STDIO buffering
        
        # The network connection is now open, lets fire up SSL    

 $ctx = Net::SSLeay::CTX_new() or die_now("Failed to create SSL_CTX $!");
        Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_options($ctx, &Net::SSLeay::OP_ALL)
             and die_if_ssl_error("ssl ctx set options");
        $ssl = Net::SSLeay::new($ctx) or die_now("Failed to create SSL $!");
        Net::SSLeay::set_fd($ssl, fileno(S));   # Must use fileno
        $res = Net::SSLeay::connect($ssl) and die_if_ssl_error("ssl connect");
#        print "Cipher `" . Net::SSLeay::get_cipher($ssl) . "'\n";
        print Net::SSLeay::dump_peer_certificate($ssl),"\n";        
        my $cert = Net::SSLeay::get_peer_certificate($ssl);
        print Net::SSLeay::PEM_get_string_X509($cert),"\n";
#        print Net::SSLeay::get_verify_result($ssl),"\n";
        # Exchange data
        
        $res = Net::SSLeay::write($ssl, $msg);  # Perl knows how long $msg is
        die_if_ssl_error("ssl write");
        shutdown S, 1;  # Half close --> No more output, sends EOF to server
        $got = Net::SSLeay::read($ssl);         # Perl returns undef on failure
        die_if_ssl_error("ssl read");
#        print $got;
                
        Net::SSLeay::free ($ssl);               # Tear down connection
        Net::SSLeay::CTX_free ($ctx);
        close S;