JDK (Java Development Kit) Tutorials

∟The SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Protocol

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol. Topics include introduction of the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol; JSSE (Java Secure Socket Extension) package; test program to create default SSL sockets; testing the javas.net.ssl.SSLContext class.

What Is SSL (Secure Socket Layer)?

SSL Specification Overview

JSSE - Java Implementation of SSL and TLS

SslSocketTest.java - Default SSL Socket Factory Test

SslContextTest.java - javax.net.ssl.SSLContext Class Test

Conclusions:

• The SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol offers a security protection to other Internet protocols like HTTP.
• With SSL, the client creates a secret key to be used to encrypt data transmitted between them.
• Of course, the client must encrypt the secret key by the server's public key before sending it to the server.

Sample programs listed in this chapter have been tested with JDK 1.5.0.

Table of Contents

 About This JDK Tutorial Book

 Downloading and Installing JDK 1.3.1 on Windows

 Downloading and Installing JDK 1.4.1 on Windows

 Downloading and Installing JDK 1.5.0 on Windows

 Downloading and Installing JDK 1.6.2 on Windows

 Date, Time and Calendar Classes

 Date and Time Object and String Conversion

 Number Object and Numeric String Conversion

 Locales, Localization Methods and Resource Bundles

 Calling and Importing Classes Defined in Unnamed Packages

 HashSet, Vector, HashMap and Collection Classes

 Character Set Encoding Classes and Methods

 Character Set Encoding Maps

 Encoding Conversion Programs for Encoded Text Files

 Socket Network Communication

 Datagram Network Communication

 DOM (Document Object Model) - API for XML Files

 SAX (Simple API for XML)

 DTD (Document Type Definition) - XML Validation

 XSD (XML Schema Definition) - XML Validation

 XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language)

 Message Digest Algorithm Implementations in JDK

 Private key and Public Key Pair Generation

 PKCS#8/X.509 Private/Public Encoding Standards

 Digital Signature Algorithm and Sample Program

 "keytool" Commands and "keystore" Files

 KeyStore and Certificate Classes

 Secret Key Generation and Management

 Cipher - Secret Key Encryption and Decryption

►The SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Protocol

 SSL Socket Communication Testing Programs

 SSL Client Authentication

 HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

 References

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