org.schwering.irc.lib.ssl
Interface SSLTrustManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

SSLDefaultTrustManager

public interface SSLTrustManager

A trust manager decides whether the server is trusted or not.

Since:

1.10

Version:

1.00

Author:

Christoph Schwering <schwering@gmail.com>

See Also:

SSLIRCConnection, SSLDefaultTrustManager

Method Summary

java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]	getAcceptedIssuers() Return an array of certificate authority certificates which are trusted for authenticating peers.
boolean	isTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain) Checks whether the server is trusted or not.

Method Detail

isTrusted

public boolean isTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain)

Checks whether the server is trusted or not.
Given the partial or complete certificate chain provided by the peer, build a certificate path to a trusted root and return true if it can be validated and is trusted for server SSL authentication.

Parameters:

chain - The peer certificate chain.

Returns:

true if the server is trusted, false if the server is not trusted.

getAcceptedIssuers

public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers()

Return an array of certificate authority certificates which are trusted for authenticating peers.

Returns:

A non-null (possibly empty) array of acceptable CA issuer certificates.