--- a/net/server_event.lua	Wed Dec 18 18:06:33 2013 -0500
+++ b/net/server_event.lua	Wed Dec 18 18:11:17 2013 -0500
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 local t_insert = table.insert
 local t_concat = table.concat
 
-local ssl = use "ssl"
+local has_luasec, ssl = pcall ( require , "ssl" )
 local socket = use "socket" or require "socket"
 
 local log = require ("util.logger").init("socket")
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 					self:_close()
 					debug( "new connection failed. id:", self.id, "error:", self.fatalerror )
 				else
-					if plainssl and ssl then  -- start ssl session
+					if plainssl and has_luasec then  -- start ssl session
 						self:starttls(self._sslctx, true)
 					else  -- normal connection
 						self:_start_session(true)
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
 			_sslctx = sslctx; -- parameters
 			_usingssl = false;  -- client is using ssl;
 		}
-		if not ssl then interface.starttls = false; end
+		if not has_luasec then interface.starttls = false; end
 		interface.id = tostring(interface):match("%x+$");
 		interface.writecallback = function( event )  -- called on write events
 			--vdebug( "new client write event, id/ip/port:", interface, ip, port )
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
 				interface._connections = interface._connections + 1  -- increase connection count
 				local clientinterface = handleclient( client, client_ip, client_port, interface, pattern, listener, sslctx )
 				--vdebug( "client id:", clientinterface, "startssl:", startssl )
-				if ssl and sslctx then
+				if has_luasec and sslctx then
 					clientinterface:starttls(sslctx, true)
 				else
 					clientinterface:_start_session( true )
@@ -710,25 +710,17 @@
 end
 
 local addserver = ( function( )
-	return function( addr, port, listener, pattern, sslcfg, startssl )  -- TODO: check arguments
-		--vdebug( "creating new tcp server with following parameters:", addr or "nil", port or "nil", sslcfg or "nil", startssl or "nil")
+	return function( addr, port, listener, pattern, sslctx, startssl )  -- TODO: check arguments
+		--vdebug( "creating new tcp server with following parameters:", addr or "nil", port or "nil", sslctx or "nil", startssl or "nil")
+		if sslctx and not has_luasec then
+			debug "fatal error: luasec not found"
+			return nil, "luasec not found"
+		end
 		local server, err = socket.bind( addr, port, cfg.ACCEPT_QUEUE )  -- create server socket
 		if not server then
 			debug( "creating server socket on "..addr.." port "..port.." failed:", err )
 			return nil, err
 		end
-		local sslctx
-		if sslcfg then
-			if not ssl then
-				debug "fatal error: luasec not found"
-				return nil, "luasec not found"
-			end
-			sslctx, err = sslcfg
-			if err then
-				debug( "error while creating new ssl context for server socket:", err )
-				return nil, err
-			end
-		end
 		local interface = handleserver( server, addr, port, pattern, listener, sslctx, startssl )  -- new server handler
 		debug( "new server created with id:", tostring(interface))
 		return interface
@@ -745,7 +737,7 @@
 	end
 
 	function addclient( addr, serverport, listener, pattern, sslctx )
-		if sslctx and not ssl then
+		if sslctx and not has_luasec then
 			debug "need luasec, but not available"
 			return nil, "luasec not found"
 		end