ssh (was Re: java Digest 5 Sep 2003 15:03:44 -0000 Issue 1283)

Sat Sep 6 11:52:00 GMT 2003

Paul Gear wrote:
>I looked at this option, and it seems good on that level (not having to
>worry about the CA), but the APIs i've seen (there are at least two
>registered projects at SourceForge.net seem to require that you keep a
>shell connection open, which would not be appropriate for my application.
>>My need is for an authenticated, encrypted client-server connection
>without any requirement for X.509 infrastructure. Is there a way to use
>JSSE or something similar in non-SSL mode?
>>What if you use self-signed certificates?
This is basically the same than using simple RSA public key 
authentication like SSH does.
Cedric