{{Quickfixn}} Encrypted messages

[Chris Busbey]

Hi Oleg

QuickFIX/n does not natively support SSL yet, so you will need to use a
proxy in order to connect to them.  stunnel is a common solution.  You can
configure stunnel to use Bloomberg's certificate.  See stunnel.org
 for stunnel documentation.

Chris.


On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Oleg Vojvodić <oleg at stinga.hr> wrote:

> Well, I am not sure what exactly I need. I’m still learning. But I think
> we do not need a secure connection, just encrypted FIX messages.
>
> We are a small company and one of our customers wants a FIX connection
> with Bloomberg. BTW, do you know if there are any QuickFixN implementations
> that work with Bloomberg.
>
> Bloomberg support is not very helpful. The best what I could learn from
> them is this statement:
>
> "When you send a FIX logon message it should be encrypted using our
> certificate."
>
> Fix specification has very little information about encryption and I could
> not find the field it mentions (SecureData) in QuickFix source.
>
> So I guess, my question is, is it common (or possible) to use SSL to
> encrypt messages and send them over unencrypted connection. Or did I just
> completely misunderstand what Bloomberg support is telling me.
>
> Thanks,
> Oleg
>
> From: quickfixn-bounces at lists.quickfixn.com [mailto:
> quickfixn-bounces at lists.quickfixn.com] On Behalf Of Grant Birchmeier
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:38 PM
> To: Mailing list for QuickFIX/n
> Subject: Re: {{Quickfixn}} Encrypted messages
>
> Do you mean SSH?
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Oleg Vojvodić <oleg at stinga.hr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is my first FIX and QuickFIX project. I've created a server/acceptor
> and client/initiator and everything seems to work.
>
> Now, we received a request for message encryption.  I've looked at the
> QuickFIX source and it looks like the encryption method is hardcoded to
> NONE.
>
> Does QuickFIX/N supports encrypted messages?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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