public final class

SSLPermission

extends BasicPermission
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.security.Permission
     ↳ java.security.BasicPermission
       ↳ com.sun.net.ssl.SSLPermission

This class is deprecated.
As of JDK 1.4, this implementation-specific class was replaced by SSLPermission.

Class Overview

This class is for various network permissions. An SSLPermission contains a name (also referred to as a "target name") but no actions list; you either have the named permission or you don't.

The target name is the name of the network permission (see below). The naming convention follows the hierarchical property naming convention. Also, an asterisk may appear at the end of the name, following a ".", or by itself, to signify a wildcard match. For example: "foo.*" or "*" is valid, "*foo" or "a*b" is not valid.

The following table lists all the possible SSLPermission target names, and for each provides a description of what the permission allows and a discussion of the risks of granting code the permission.

Permission Target Name What the Permission Allows Risks of Allowing this Permission
setHostnameVerifier The ability to set a callback which can decide whether to allow a mismatch between the host being connected to by an HttpsURLConnection and the common name field in server certificate. Malicious code can set a verifier that monitors host names visited by HttpsURLConnection requests or that allows server certificates with invalid common names.
getSSLSessionContext The ability to get the SSLSessionContext of an SSLSession. Malicious code may monitor sessions which have been established with SSL peers or might invalidate sessions to slow down performance.

Summary

Public Constructors
SSLPermission(String name)
Creates a new SSLPermission with the specified name.
SSLPermission(String name, String actions)
Creates a new SSLPermission object with the specified name.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.security.BasicPermission
From class java.security.Permission
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.security.Guard

Public Constructors

public SSLPermission (String name)

Creates a new SSLPermission with the specified name. The name is the symbolic name of the SSLPermission, such as "setDefaultAuthenticator", etc. An asterisk may appear at the end of the name, following a ".", or by itself, to signify a wildcard match.

Parameters
name the name of the SSLPermission.

public SSLPermission (String name, String actions)

Creates a new SSLPermission object with the specified name. The name is the symbolic name of the SSLPermission, and the actions String is currently unused and should be null. This constructor exists for use by the Policy object to instantiate new Permission objects.

Parameters
name the name of the SSLPermission.
actions should be null.