Creating the Secure Socket Context

SourcePro : Secure Communication Module User’s Guide : PART II Secure Sockets Package : Using Secure Sockets : Creating the Secure Socket Context

RWSecureSocketContext is the central data structure in the Secure Sockets package. It contains default information for all secure sockets and portals that you create with it, including:

default cipher list

session ID cache

default certificate and private key

default location of trusted certificates

default certificate verification mode and verification callback

All of these defaults can be overridden for each socket or portal.

Normally, your application sets the default certificate and private key for servers and the default location of trusted certificates for clients. This information can be set using the member functions setIdentity() and prepareToAuthenticate().

By default, the constructor for the context calls setOptions(SSL_OP_ALL) to enable compatibility with other SSL/TLS implementations. For more information, see the reference page for RWSecureSocketContext.