Using SSL in Java applications
Secure Socket layer (SSL) is a security mechanism that creates a secured channel between an application and the database. The data transmitted across this channel is encrypted and hence secure. The IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ provides support for using SSL connections in Java applications. In this recipe, we will discuss how to set up SSL at the database server and how to enable a Java application to make use of it.
Getting ready
The following are the prerequisites for this recipe:
1. The IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ needs to be installed (this is installed by default as part of the DB2 installation).
2. Java Secure Socket Extension needs to be installed (the IBM JSSE provider is also automatically installed as part of the DB2 installation).
3. The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) must be installed on the server.
How to do it...
In this recipe, we will see how we can configure server-side and client-side Java environments to support SSL...
