title: How to speak SSL from a Windows MFC client?
body: <p>I've an MFC application that currently uses CAtlHttpClient to query a web server for some information.</p>
  
  <p>I'd like to change this so that the query goes over securely, with server authentication, using SSL.</p>
  
  <p>Googling reveals that Microsoft has changed the way they support this several times, e.g., WinInet, WinHTTP, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do the above using MFC under MSVS 2005.</p>
  
  <p>The application is in C++, and if at all possible, I'd like to avoid dragging .Net into the picture.</p>
  
  <p>Any help, hints, suggestions or pointers gratefully appreciated!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,</p>
  
  <p>ony</p>