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Revert a TLS Connection to Plain TCP

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Demonstrates Socket.ConvertFromSsl, which ends the TLS layer while leaving the underlying TCP connection open for subsequent unencrypted communication.

Background. This is the reverse of a STARTTLS-style upgrade and is valid only while TLS is currently active on the connection.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$socket = chilkat::CkSocket->new();

#  Connect to the server using TLS.
$bTls = 1;
$maxWaitMs = 5000;
$success = $socket->Connect("example.com",5000,$bTls,$maxWaitMs);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  End the TLS layer while keeping the underlying TCP connection open for subsequent unencrypted
#  communication.  This is the reverse of a STARTTLS-style upgrade and is valid only while TLS is
#  active.
$success = $socket->ConvertFromSsl();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Reverted to a plain TCP connection." . "\r\n";