Add the #starttls method for TCP sockets#79
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This PR makes 3 changes, one in each commit, the most important of which adds the ability to initialize an SSL/TLS session with the peer when using a TCP socket on demand. This is particularly useful for protocols that implement SSL/TLS negotiation after some sort of exchange, e.g. SMTP, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, LDAP. With this method, the caller of the socket can implement the necessary protocol-specific exchange, then switch the socket to SSL/TLS on demand.
Extra changes include
Rex::Socketclass, which is needed so a TCP socket pair will have the new#starttlsmethodTesting
There will be a Framework PR that'll require this and use the changes that can be used for testing. It'll be linked once it's open.