The SSL handshake is initiated when your browser issues a secure connection request to a Web server. The server sends a public key to your computer, and your computer checks the certificate against a ...
In business, you may shake hands one or two times a day, but your computer makes hundreds if not thousands in the same time frame. Think of handshake protocol as a greeting. While your computer won't ...
The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) library from Sun Microsystems lets you access a secure Web server from behind a firewall via proxy tunneling. To do this, the JSSE application needs to set the ...