Xojo Plugin

Socket Convert Existing TCP Connection to SSL/TLS

Demonstrates the Chilkat Socket ConvertToSsl method. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim sock As New Chilkat.Socket

// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// 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.
Dim useTls As Boolean
useTls = True
Dim port As Int32
port = 4243
Dim maxWaitMs As Int32
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = sock.Connect("tcpbin.com",port,useTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(sock.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// 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:
System.DebugLog("TLS version: " + sock.TlsVersion)

success = sock.Close(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 = sock.Connect("tcpbin.com",port,useTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(sock.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// 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 = sock.ConvertToSsl()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(sock.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// OK, we now have a TLS connection.
// Again, we can see the TLS version:
System.DebugLog("TLS version: " + sock.TlsVersion)

success = sock.Close(maxWaitMs)