B4X

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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Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim socket As ChilkatSocket
socket.Initialize("socket")

'  Connect as plain TCP (no TLS yet).
Dim bTls As Boolean = False
Dim maxWaitMs As Int = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com", 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs)
If success = False Then
    Log(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
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 = False Then
    Log(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log("Connection upgraded to TLS.")