SslProtocols Enumeration
.NET Framework 2.0
Note: This enumeration is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
Defines the possible versions of SslProtocols.
Assembly: System (in system.dll)
This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.
Namespace: System.Security.AuthenticationAssembly: System (in system.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Default | Specifies that either Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 or Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 are acceptable for secure communications | |
| None | No SSL protocol is specified. | |
| Ssl2 | Specifies the SSL 2.0 protocol. SSL 2.0 has been superseded by the TLS protocol and is provided for backward compatibility only. | |
| Ssl3 | Specifies the SSL 3.0 protocol. SSL 3.0 has been superseded by the TLS protocol and is provided for backward compatibility only. | |
| Tls | Specifies the TLS 1.0 security protocol. The TLS protocol is defined in IETF RFC 2246. |
The following code example demonstrates creating a TcpClient that uses the SslStream class to communicate with a server.
using System; using System.Collections; using System.Net; using System.Net.Security; using System.Net.Sockets; using System.Security.Authentication; using System.Text; using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates; using System.IO; namespace Examples.System.Net { public class SslTcpClient { private static Hashtable certificateErrors = new Hashtable(); // The following method is invoked by the RemoteCertificateValidationDelegate. public static bool ValidateServerCertificate( object sender, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors) { if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None) return true; Console.WriteLine("Certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors); // Do not allow this client to communicate with unauthenticated servers. return false; } public static void RunClient(string machineName, string serverName) { // Create a TCP/IP client socket. // machineName is the host running the server application. TcpClient client = new TcpClient(machineName,443); Console.WriteLine("Client connected."); // Create an SSL stream that will close the client's stream. SslStream sslStream = new SslStream( client.GetStream(), false, new RemoteCertificateValidationCallback (ValidateServerCertificate), null ); // The server name must match the name on the server certificate. try { sslStream.AuthenticateAsClient(serverName); } catch (AuthenticationException e) { Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", e.Message); if (e.InnerException != null) { Console.WriteLine("Inner exception: {0}", e.InnerException.Message); } Console.WriteLine ("Authentication failed - closing the connection."); client.Close(); return; } // Encode a test message into a byte array. // Signal the end of the message using the "<EOF>". byte[] messsage = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello from the client.<EOF>"); // Send hello message to the server. sslStream.Write(messsage); sslStream.Flush(); // Read message from the server. string serverMessage = ReadMessage(sslStream); Console.WriteLine("Server says: {0}", serverMessage); // Close the client connection. client.Close(); Console.WriteLine("Client closed."); } static string ReadMessage(SslStream sslStream) { // Read the message sent by the server. // The end of the message is signaled using the // "<EOF>" marker. byte [] buffer = new byte[2048]; StringBuilder messageData = new StringBuilder(); int bytes = -1; do { bytes = sslStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); // Use Decoder class to convert from bytes to UTF8 // in case a character spans two buffers. Decoder decoder = Encoding.UTF8.GetDecoder(); char[] chars = new char[decoder.GetCharCount(buffer,0,bytes)]; decoder.GetChars(buffer, 0, bytes, chars,0); messageData.Append (chars); // Check for EOF. if (messageData.ToString().IndexOf("<EOF>") != -1) { break; } } while (bytes != 0); return messageData.ToString(); } private static void DisplayUsage() { Console.WriteLine("To start the client specify:"); Console.WriteLine("clientSync machineName [serverName]"); Environment.Exit(1); } public static int Main(string[] args) { string serverCertificateName = null; string machineName = null; if (args == null ||args.Length <1 ) { DisplayUsage(); } // User can specify the machine name and server name. // Server name must match the name on the server's certificate. machineName = args[0]; if (args.Length <2 ) { serverCertificateName = machineName; } else { serverCertificateName = args[1]; } SslTcpClient.RunClient (machineName, serverCertificateName); return 0; } } }
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