Module java.base
Package javax.net.ssl

Class SSLParameters

java.lang.Object
javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters
public class SSLParameters extends Object
Encapsulates parameters for an SSL/TLS/DTLS connection. The parameters are the list of ciphersuites to be accepted in an SSL/TLS/DTLS handshake, the list of protocols to be allowed, the endpoint identification algorithm during SSL/TLS/DTLS handshaking, the Server Name Indication (SNI), the maximum network packet size, the algorithm constraints and whether SSL/TLS/DTLS servers should request or require client authentication, etc.

SSLParameters can be created via the constructors in this class. Objects can also be obtained using the getSSLParameters() methods in SSLSocket and SSLServerSocket and SSLEngine or the getDefaultSSLParameters() and getSupportedSSLParameters() methods in SSLContext.

SSLParameters can be applied to a connection via the methods SSLSocket.setSSLParameters() and SSLServerSocket.setSSLParameters() and SSLEngine.setSSLParameters().

For example: 

     SSLParameters p = sslSocket.getSSLParameters();
     p.setProtocols(new String[] { "TLSv1.2" });
     p.setCipherSuites(
         new String[] { "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256", ... });
     p.setApplicationProtocols(new String[] {"h2", "http/1.1"});
     sslSocket.setSSLParameters(p);
Since:
1.6
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • SSLParameters

      public SSLParameters()
      Constructs SSLParameters.

      The values of cipherSuites, protocols, cryptographic algorithm constraints, endpoint identification algorithm, server names and server name matchers are set to null; useCipherSuitesOrder, wantClientAuth and needClientAuth are set to false; enableRetransmissions is set to true; maximum network packet size is set to 0.

    • SSLParameters

      public SSLParameters(String[] cipherSuites)
      Constructs SSLParameters from the specified array of ciphersuites.

      Calling this constructor is equivalent to calling the no-args constructor followed by setCipherSuites(cipherSuites);. Note that the standard list of cipher suite names may be found in the JSSE Cipher Suite Names section of the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation. Providers may support cipher suite names not found in this list.

      Parameters:
      cipherSuites - the array of ciphersuites (or null)

    • SSLParameters

      public SSLParameters(String[] cipherSuites, String[] protocols)
      Constructs SSLParameters from the specified array of ciphersuites and protocols.

      Calling this constructor is equivalent to calling the no-args constructor followed by setCipherSuites(cipherSuites); setProtocols(protocols);. Note that the standard list of cipher suite names may be found in the JSSE Cipher Suite Names section of the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation. Providers may support cipher suite names not found in this list.

      Parameters:
      cipherSuites - the array of ciphersuites (or null)
      protocols - the array of protocols (or null)

  • Method Details

    • getCipherSuites

      public String[] getCipherSuites()
      Returns a copy of the array of ciphersuites or null if none have been set.

      The returned array includes cipher suites from the list of standard cipher suite names in the JSSE Cipher Suite Names section of the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation, and may also include other cipher suites that the provider supports.

      Returns:
      a copy of the array of ciphersuites or null if none have been set.

    • setCipherSuites

      public void setCipherSuites(String[] cipherSuites)
      Sets the array of ciphersuites.
      Parameters:
      cipherSuites - the array of ciphersuites (or null). Note that the standard list of cipher suite names may be found in the JSSE Cipher Suite Names section of the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation. Providers may support cipher suite names not found in this list or might not use the recommended name for a certain cipher suite.

    • getProtocols

      public String[] getProtocols()
      Returns a copy of the array of protocols or null if none have been set.
      Returns:
      a copy of the array of protocols or null if none have been set.

    • setProtocols

      public void setProtocols(String[] protocols)
      Sets the array of protocols.
      Parameters:
      protocols - the array of protocols (or null)

    • getWantClientAuth

      public boolean getWantClientAuth()
      Returns whether client authentication should be requested.
      Returns:
      whether client authentication should be requested.

    • setWantClientAuth

      public void setWantClientAuth(boolean wantClientAuth)
      Sets whether client authentication should be requested. Calling this method clears the needClientAuth flag.
      Parameters:
      wantClientAuth - whether client authentication should be requested

    • getNeedClientAuth

      public boolean getNeedClientAuth()
      Returns whether client authentication should be required.
      Returns:
      whether client authentication should be required.

    • setNeedClientAuth

      public void setNeedClientAuth(boolean needClientAuth)
      Sets whether client authentication should be required. Calling this method clears the wantClientAuth flag.
      Parameters:
      needClientAuth - whether client authentication should be required

    • getAlgorithmConstraints

      public AlgorithmConstraints getAlgorithmConstraints()
      Returns the cryptographic algorithm constraints.
      Returns:
      the cryptographic algorithm constraints, or null if the constraints have not been set
      Since:
      1.7
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    • setAlgorithmConstraints

      public void setAlgorithmConstraints(AlgorithmConstraints constraints)
      Sets the cryptographic algorithm constraints, which will be used in addition to any configured by the runtime environment.

      If the constraints parameter is non-null, every cryptographic algorithm, key and algorithm parameters used in the SSL/TLS/DTLS handshake must be permitted by the constraints.

      Parameters:
      constraints - the algorithm constraints (or null)
      Since:
      1.7

    • getEndpointIdentificationAlgorithm

      public String getEndpointIdentificationAlgorithm()
      Gets the endpoint identification algorithm.
      Returns:
      the endpoint identification algorithm, or null if none has been set.
      Since:
      1.7
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    • setEndpointIdentificationAlgorithm

      public void setEndpointIdentificationAlgorithm(String algorithm)
      Sets the endpoint identification algorithm.

      If the algorithm parameter is non-null or non-empty, the endpoint identification/verification procedures must be handled during SSL/TLS/DTLS handshaking. This is to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.

      Parameters:
      algorithm - The standard string name of the endpoint identification algorithm (or null). See the Java Security Standard Algorithm Names document for information about standard algorithm names.
      Since:
      1.7
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    • setServerNames

      public final void setServerNames(List<SNIServerName> serverNames)
      Sets the desired SNIServerNames of the Server Name Indication (SNI) parameter.

      This method is only useful to SSLSockets or SSLEngines operating in client mode.

      Note that the serverNames list is cloned to protect against subsequent modification.

      Parameters:
      serverNames - the list of desired SNIServerNames (or null)
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the serverNames contains null element
      IllegalArgumentException - if the serverNames contains more than one name of the same name type
      Since:
      1.8
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    • getServerNames

      public final List<SNIServerName> getServerNames()
      Returns a List containing all SNIServerNames of the Server Name Indication (SNI) parameter, or null if none has been set.

      This method is only useful to SSLSockets or SSLEngines operating in client mode.

      For SSL/TLS/DTLS connections, the underlying SSL/TLS/DTLS provider may specify a default value for a certain server name type. In client mode, it is recommended that, by default, providers should include the server name indication whenever the server can be located by a supported server name type.

      It is recommended that providers initialize default Server Name Indications when creating SSLSocket/SSLEngines. In the following examples, the server name could be represented by an instance of SNIHostName which has been initialized with the hostname "www.example.com" and type StandardConstants.SNI_HOST_NAME. 

           Socket socket =
         sslSocketFactory.createSocket("www.example.com", 443);
      or 
           SSLEngine engine =
         sslContext.createSSLEngine("www.example.com", 443);
      Returns:
      null or an immutable list of non-null SNIServerNames
      Since:
      1.8
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    • setSNIMatchers

      public final void setSNIMatchers(Collection<SNIMatcher> matchers)
      Sets the SNIMatchers of the Server Name Indication (SNI) parameter.

      This method is only useful to SSLSockets or SSLEngines operating in server mode.

      Note that the matchers collection is cloned to protect against subsequent modification.

      Parameters:
      matchers - the collection of SNIMatchers (or null)
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the matchers contains null element
      IllegalArgumentException - if the matchers contains more than one name of the same name type
      Since:
      1.8
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    • getSNIMatchers

      public final Collection<SNIMatcher> getSNIMatchers()
      Returns a Collection containing all SNIMatchers of the Server Name Indication (SNI) parameter, or null if none has been set.

      This method is only useful to SSLSockets or SSLEngines operating in server mode.

      For better interoperability, providers generally will not define default matchers so that by default servers will ignore the SNI extension and continue the handshake.

      Returns:
      null or an immutable collection of non-null SNIMatchers
      Since:
      1.8
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    • setUseCipherSuitesOrder

      public final void setUseCipherSuitesOrder(boolean honorOrder)
      Sets whether the local cipher suites preference should be honored.
      Parameters:
      honorOrder - whether local cipher suites order in #getCipherSuites should be honored during SSL/TLS/DTLS handshaking.
      Since:
      1.8
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    • getUseCipherSuitesOrder

      public final boolean getUseCipherSuitesOrder()
      Returns whether the local cipher suites preference should be honored.
      Returns:
      whether local cipher suites order in #getCipherSuites should be honored during SSL/TLS/DTLS handshaking.
      Since:
      1.8
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    • setEnableRetransmissions

      public void setEnableRetransmissions(boolean enableRetransmissions)
      Sets whether DTLS handshake retransmissions should be enabled. This method only applies to DTLS.
      Parameters:
      enableRetransmissions - true indicates that DTLS handshake retransmissions should be enabled; false indicates that DTLS handshake retransmissions should be disabled
      Since:
      9
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    • getEnableRetransmissions

      public boolean getEnableRetransmissions()
      Returns whether DTLS handshake retransmissions should be enabled. This method only applies to DTLS.
      Returns:
      true, if DTLS handshake retransmissions should be enabled
      Since:
      9
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    • setMaximumPacketSize

      public void setMaximumPacketSize(int maximumPacketSize)
      Sets the maximum expected network packet size in bytes for SSL/TLS/DTLS records.
      API Note:
      It is recommended that if possible, the maximum packet size should not be less than 256 bytes so that small handshake messages, such as HelloVerifyRequests, are not fragmented.
      Implementation Note:
      If the maximum packet size is too small to hold a minimal record, an implementation may attempt to generate as minimal records as possible. However, this may cause a generated packet to be larger than the maximum packet size.
      Parameters:
      maximumPacketSize - the maximum expected network packet size in bytes, or 0 to use the implicit size that is automatically specified by the underlying implementation.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if maximumPacketSize is negative.
      Since:
      9
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    • getMaximumPacketSize

      public int getMaximumPacketSize()
      Returns the maximum expected network packet size in bytes for SSL/TLS/DTLS records.
      API Note:
      The implicit size may not be a fixed value, especially for a DTLS protocols implementation.
      Implementation Note:
      For SSL/TLS/DTLS connections, the underlying provider should calculate and specify the implicit value of the maximum expected network packet size if it is not configured explicitly. For any connection populated object, this method should never return 0 so that applications can retrieve the actual implicit size of the underlying implementation.

      An implementation should attempt to comply with the maximum packet size configuration. However, if the maximum packet size is too small to hold a minimal record, an implementation may try to generate as minimal records as possible. This may cause a generated packet to be larger than the maximum packet size.

      Returns:
      the maximum expected network packet size, or 0 if use the implicit size that is automatically specified by the underlying implementation and this object has not been populated by any connection.
      Since:
      9
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    • getApplicationProtocols

      public String[] getApplicationProtocols()
      Returns a prioritized array of application-layer protocol names that can be negotiated over the SSL/TLS/DTLS protocols.

      The array could be empty (zero-length), in which case protocol indications will not be used.

      This method will return a new array each time it is invoked.

      Returns:
      a non-null, possibly zero-length array of application protocol Strings. The array is ordered based on protocol preference, with protocols[0] being the most preferred.
      Since:
      9
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    • setApplicationProtocols

      public void setApplicationProtocols(String[] protocols)
      Sets the prioritized array of application-layer protocol names that can be negotiated over the SSL/TLS/DTLS protocols.

      If application-layer protocols are supported by the underlying SSL/TLS implementation, this method configures which values can be negotiated by protocols such as RFC 7301 , the Application Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN).

      If this end of the connection is expected to offer application protocol values, all protocols configured by this method will be sent to the peer.

      If this end of the connection is expected to select the application protocol value, the protocols configured by this method are compared with those sent by the peer. The first matched value becomes the negotiated value. If none of the protocols were actually requested by the peer, the underlying protocol will determine what action to take. (For example, ALPN will send a "no_application_protocol" alert and terminate the connection.)

      The String values must be presented using the network byte representation expected by the peer. For example, if an ALPN String should be exchanged using UTF-8, the String should be converted to its byte[] representation and stored as a byte-oriented String before calling this method. 

           // MEETEI MAYEK LETTERS HUK UN I (Unicode 0xabcd->0xabcf): 2 bytes
     byte[] bytes = "\uabcd\uabce\uabcf"
             .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     String HUK_UN_I = new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);

     // 0x00-0xFF:  1 byte
     String rfc7301Grease8A = "\u008A\u008A";

     SSLParameters p = sslSocket.getSSLParameters();
     p.setApplicationProtocols(new String[] {
             "h2", "http/1.1", rfc7301Grease8A, HUK_UN_I});
     sslSocket.setSSLParameters(p);
      Implementation Requirements:
      This method will make a copy of the protocols array.
      Parameters:
      protocols - an ordered array of application protocols, with protocols[0] being the most preferred. If the array is empty (zero-length), protocol indications will not be used.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if protocols is null, or if any element in a non-empty array is null or an empty (zero-length) string
      Since:
      9
      See Also: