OpenSSL - Any good tutorials (or cook-books) available?

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

Color me stupid, but I find that the available OpenSSL docs assume that 
the reader already understands everything and simply needs help with 
"which command line option do I need to do X?"

Well, I don't understand everything, and I don't even know what "X" is 
(or, what the many "X" are, and in what order they need to be done).

I did find a slightly more informative site at mobilefish.com but it 
still assumes I have a deeper understanding, and some of the examples 
appear to need bits and pieces (perl scripts) that don't exist in my 
"stock" NetBSD system.

I don't think I need anything fancy, just need to provide a secure 
channel between my local machine(s) and a remote imaps server, so that 
the server can authenticate me without sending a clear-text password on 
the wire.

Suggestions, anyone?




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