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Socket Convert Existing TCP Connection to SSL/TLS
Demonstrates the Chilkat Socket ConvertToSsl method.Chilkat Unicode C Downloads
#include <C_CkSocketW.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
BOOL success;
HCkSocketW sock;
BOOL useTls;
int port;
int maxWaitMs;
success = FALSE;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
sock = CkSocketW_Create();
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// This example uses the public TCP/TLS echo service at https://tcpbin.com/
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// The echo server at tcpbin.com expects to receive TCP connections on port 4242, and TLS connections on port 4243.
// We could simply connect to port 4243 using TLS like this.
// However, further below, this example shows how to initially make a TCP connection, and then convert the connection to TLS.
useTls = TRUE;
port = 4243;
maxWaitMs = 5000;
success = CkSocketW_Connect(sock,L"tcpbin.com",port,useTls,maxWaitMs);
if (success == FALSE) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSocketW_lastErrorText(sock));
CkSocketW_Dispose(sock);
return;
}
// OK, we have a TLS connection.
// Note: The server chooses the TLS protocol version.
// We can see the version of the TLS connection that was established:
wprintf(L"TLS version: %s\n",CkSocketW_tlsVersion(sock));
CkSocketW_Close(sock,maxWaitMs);
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
// Now we'll do the same, except first we connect to port 4243 using TCP,
// and then convert the connection to TLS.
//
// This may seem pointless, and it is for the case w/ this server. However, there could be situations
// where you're interacting with a server of some kind where there is a need to convert to/from TLS.
// (This is common internal to many protocols, such as SMTP, IMAP, FTP, etc., and it is often called "explicit" SSL/TLS)
// Connect again, except this time useTls is FALSE, so we only have a simple TCP connection after this call.
useTls = FALSE;
success = CkSocketW_Connect(sock,L"tcpbin.com",port,useTls,maxWaitMs);
if (success == FALSE) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSocketW_lastErrorText(sock));
CkSocketW_Dispose(sock);
return;
}
// Convert the existing TCP connection to TLS.
// (The method name uses "SSL" because long ago, at the time of initial development, TLS 1.0 did not yet exist.)
success = CkSocketW_ConvertToSsl(sock);
if (success == FALSE) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSocketW_lastErrorText(sock));
CkSocketW_Dispose(sock);
return;
}
// OK, we now have a TLS connection.
// Again, we can see the TLS version:
wprintf(L"TLS version: %s\n",CkSocketW_tlsVersion(sock));
CkSocketW_Close(sock,maxWaitMs);
CkSocketW_Dispose(sock);
}