Https question(using NSStream)

Question

Greetings everyone,
I have a question about https requests on the iPhone.
I started developing on the iPhone about two days ago so my code isn't that pretty (yet) and I still have a lot to learn. I am trying to learn by creating all sorts of small applications as test-projects.(Yesterday: Mandelbrot drawing and Twitter client.) But, I have ran into a problem with one of the projects. I need to send a HTTPS request to a server, but I want to format the request header myself.(It is even a necessity) So I started using NSStream to handle the connecting with and requesting of the server. And it works, until I tried to connect using a secure connection(HTTPS).
This is the code I use:
NSHost *host = [NSHost hostWithName:@"hostname"];
NSInputStream * iStream = [[NSInputStream alloc] init];
NSOutputStream * oStream = [[NSOutputStream alloc] init];
NSStream getStreamsToHost:host port:443 inputStream:&iStream outputStream:&oStream;<br/> <br/><br/> //[iStream setProperty:NSStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1 forKey:NSStreamSocketSecurityLevelKey];<br/> //[oStream setProperty:NSStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1 forKey:NSStreamSocketSecurityLevelKey];<br/> iStream setProperty: NSStreamSocketSecurityLevelSSLv3 forKey:NSStreamSocketSecurityLevelKey;<br/> oStream setProperty: NSStreamSocketSecurityLevelSSLv3 forKey:NSStreamSocketSecurityLevelKey;<br/> <br/> ;<br/> ;<br/><br/> NSString * request = @"GET /index.php HTTP/1.0
";<br/> [oStream write:((const uint8_t *)[request UTF8String]) maxLength:[request length]];<br/> <br/> NSMutableString *result = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];<br/> char buffer[16];<br/> int bytesRead = iStream read:buffer maxLength:16;<br/> while(bytesRead==16){<br/> [result appendString:[NSString stringWithCString:buffer encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding]];<br/> bytesRead = iStream read:buffer maxLength:16;<br/> }<br/> buffer[bytesRead] = '

Answer 1

I tried that, but it doesn't seem to help.
The server I am testing with is sadly enough not under my control.
I tried using the +NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest+ today and it seems to give a logical response. But the response isn't what I expect it to be and I fear that the problem might lie in the header that is send to the server.(It is really picky about the request.) I tried using NSMutableURLRequest, but it doesn't allow me to take complete control of the header.
(Note: The page seems to load in Safari on OSX and the iPhone, but again because of the request I do not get the response I am looking for.)
I do not know if this is possible, but would I be able to subclass the NSMutableURLRequest and override the method that supplies the request text?(Or is there somethings else I can do, so I can use the +NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest+, which seems to handle everything correctly, but control the request that is send letter for letter?)