The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) is a set of packages that enable secure Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 communications. It implements a Java

Java (programming language)

Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

 technology version of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security

Transport Layer Security

Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet...

 (TLS) protocols. It includes functionality for data encryption

Encryption

In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information...

, server authentication

Authentication

Authentication is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity...

, message integrity, and optional client authentication.

JSSE was an optional package for Java versions 1.2 and 1.3, but was integrated into 1.4.

External links

• JSSE on Oracle's Java web site