Product Reviews
IP*Works! V5 SSL VB Edition
The only good reason to buy custom controls for Visual Basic is that
they save you time, and of course time is still money even in this Internet-enabled
age. So, will this package save you $1195? If you're trying to create
VB TCP/IP applications secured with SSL, the answer is definitely yet.
Installing easily on my drive, this package adds new controls that include
digital certificate capabilities to the basic IP*Works package that I
reviewed a few issues ago. New capabilities include:
* Certificate management
* HTTPS client and server capabilities
* SSL-enabled FTP, LDAP, POP, SOAP, and other protocols
* A generic secure TCP server component, so you can implement most any
other protocol with SSL protection
* A matching generic secure TCP client component
* Secure mail and newsgroup access
All of the components use asynchronous sockets for performance, and there's
no runtime fee for any of them (pay once, and use them as much as you
want). You can download a free trial from the /n web site or purchase
online.
[This review originally appeared in
About the Author
Mike Gunderloy, MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, is a former MCP columnist and the author of numerous development books.