Java Secure Socket Extension

<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) is a Java API and a provider implementation named SunJSSE that enable secure <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">Internet</a> communications in the <a href="/facts/Java_Runtime_Environment/l9Nzrsun">Java Runtime Environment</a>. It implements a <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> technology version of the <a href="/facts/Secure_Sockets_Layer/pGy16TnA">Secure Sockets Layer</a> (SSL) and the <a href="/facts/Transport_Layer_Security/pGy16TnA">Transport Layer Security</a> (TLS) <a href="/facts/Communications_protocol/5uady7cB"> protocols</a>. It includes functionality for data <a href="/facts/Encryption/16q29Fdv">encryption</a>, server <a href="/facts/Authentication/64y4S69b">authentication</a>, <a href="/facts/Message_integrity/horlrCln">message integrity</a>, and optional client-authentication. 
</p><p>JSSE was originally developed as an optional package for Java versions 1.2 and 1.3, but was added as a standard API and implementation into JDK 1.4. 
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Java Secure Socket Extension