swift-server / swift-server/async-http-client
Connect to IP but send a user-specified hostname in the SNI field [was: Do we have feature like curl's `--resolve` option?]
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Description
With curl's --resolve option, it should supports IP based SNI.
Ref https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#--resolve
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Research direction
Start by reading curl's --resolve documentation and tracing how the HTTP client selects an IP address and hostname for TLS connection setup. Define done as connecting to the specified IP while sending the user-specified hostname in the SNI field; no file or test entry point is named in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100