# Re: SSL Implementation

David Brownell (David.Brownell@Eng)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 08:58:15 -0800

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    Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 08:58:15 -0800

    From: David.Brownell@Eng (David Brownell)

    Message-Id: <199802261658.IAA21047@argon.eng.sun.com>

    To: JGindin@walldata.com, java-security@web2.javasoft.com

    Subject: Re: SSL Implementation

> When will the javax.net.ssl packages be released?

Sun's implementation has been bundled with several products already,
and some other licensees are similarly releasing products with it.
I understand you can license the implementation as source code right
now if you want.

> Also, there doesn't appear to be a mechanism for _setting_ the default
> SocketFactory. How will this be accomplished?

Sun will have at least one version that supports setting the class which
the javax.net.SocketFactory.getDefault method returns, using a system
property. For example, that way one can arrange that the sockets returned
use the site's preferred scheme for firewall tunneling (perhaps SOCKS V5,
perhaps something else) when direct connections fail. Of course, such
firewall tunneling logic can be 100% Pure Java.

- Dave

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