Hello, Our C-written application servers, which are using OpenSSL, have a clear text GoodMorning message sent to an connecting client in the form of this string (for example): 220 SLNP CATServer@version:V7.3@user:sisis@pid:5234@charset:UTF-8@ssl:true i.e. the connecting client must first read from the socket this GoodMorning message and when the server says in this line at the end '@ssl:true' must then switch in the socket to SSL which the server awaits also with SSL_accept(), BIO_gets(), ... This works nicely for many years. What I would like to have is a s_server version of OpenSSL where this also sends out such GoogMorning message in ASCII before switching to SSL, just for testing purpose for our Java written application clients. What is the best place to hook into the sources such "plugin". Thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@xxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-176-38902045 Public GnuPG key: http://www.unixarea.de/key.pub