Classic ASP

Upgrade a Plain TCP Connection to TLS

Demonstrates Socket.ConvertToSsl, which upgrades an already-connected plain TCP socket to TLS by performing a client-side TLS handshake over the existing connection.

Background. This supports STARTTLS-style upgrades, where a protocol begins in plaintext and switches to TLS at a defined point. Perform the protocol-specific negotiation first, then call ConvertToSsl.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

set socket = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")

'  Connect as plain TCP (no TLS yet).
bTls = 0
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( socket.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  At the point where the application protocol permits a STARTTLS-style upgrade, perform any required
'  negotiation, then upgrade the existing connection to TLS with a client-side handshake.
success = socket.ConvertToSsl()
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( socket.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Connection upgraded to TLS.") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>