Java Secure Socket Extension

The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) is a set of packages that enable secure Internet communications. It implements a Java technology version of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols. It includes functionality for data encryption, server authentication, message integrity, and optional client authentication.

External links

• JSSE on SUN Java web site

Factories for creating sockets, server sockets, SSL sockets, and SSL server sockets. Using socket factories you can encapsulate socket creation and configuration behavior.

                                                                  Somenath Chatterjee