[Zope] Outbound HTTPS Request

[Kevin Gill]

Hi,

I am trying to implement a subscription process using PayPals 
(http://www.paypal.com) IPN (Immediate Payment Notification) service.

This service sends me a notification  of a payment (via http), 
directly from the paypal server. This is easy to process using Zope.

However, I am required to validate the payment, using a secure link.
My Zope Server needs to send a secure HTTP request to the remote
Paypal server. 

My question involves two parts:


	What is the best way (or even a way) of sending an outbound 
	server to server http request from my Zope server to another server?


	How can I send a https request (using a verisign certificate)
	from Zope / Python?

Thanks

Kevin