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In [[computing]], the '''Java Secure Socket Extension''' ('''JSSE''') provides a set of packages which enable secure [[Internet]] communications. It implements a [[Java (programming language)|Java]] technology version of the [[Secure Sockets Layer]] (SSL) and [[Transport Layer Security]] (TLS) [[Communications protocol | protocol]]s. It includes functionality for data [[encryption]], server [[authentication]], [[message integrity]], and optional client-authentication. <ref>

{{cite book

| last1 = Harold

| first1 = Elliotte Rusty

| author-link1 = Elliotte Rusty Harold

| title = Java Network Programming

| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=cXggAQAAQBAJ

| publisher = O'Reilly Media, Inc.

| publication-date = 2013

| page = 327

| isbn = 9781449365967

| accessdate = 2014-10-19

| quote = JSSE allows you to create sockets and server sockets that transparently handle the negotiations and encryption necessary for secure communication.

}}

</ref>

server [[authentication]], [[message integrity]], and optional client-authentication.

JSSE, an optional package for Java versions 1.2 and 1.3, became integrated into version {{clarify-span|1.4|date=October 2013}}.

==See also==

* [[Keystore]]

==External links==

*[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tech/index-jsp-136007.html JSSE on Oracle's Java web site]

== References ==

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