Hello, I think the same. Thanx for all the interest shown. I'll follow the matter regarding JWS .. and post some good details as soon as i get something on it. Thank you Martin, Pankaj Martin Kuba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pankaj Acharya wrote: > > Hello Martin, > > okay.!! I read the comments in the URL Class's contructor. i need > both(SSLSocket and protocol handler), now i understand. > > But since my servlet CAN MAKE "HTTPS:" calls (without throwing a > MalformedURLException).. can i assume that Java Web Server's servlet engine > does all the Security Related Things Seamlessly..? I mean the compulsory > server authentication that you mention in your reply. Or am i wrong in > assuming this..? I think that JWS does it seamlessly. Maybe the server SSL certificate must be signed by one of Certification Authorities listed in some configuration file. I haven't tried the JWS so I don't know. > I am assuming the data sent to the "https:" resource by my servlet will be > encrypted and so will be the data that i receive without me having to bother. > Now tell me whether this assumption is true. I am not concerned what the > Server Owner can do to my data. I am just concerened about the transmission of > data . whether that is secure or not..? Yes. The data are secured during transmition. They cannot be read or modified by a third party. Martin -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INET, a.s. Mgr. Martin Kuba Kralovopolska 139 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 601 12 Brno WWW: http://www.inet.cz/~makub/ Czech Republic tel: +420-5-41242414/33 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP fingerprint = D8 57 47 E5 36 D2 C1 A1 C3 48 B2 59 00 58 42 27 http://wwwkeys.cz.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=index&search=makub -------------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
