>>> Liwen Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 17-May-00 1:35:57 AM >>>
>Hi, Nic, thanks a lot for your clear explanation.
>What I did is using URLConnection to talk to the other
>servlet. But my friend (who is partly my boss and will use the
>programs:-)) said it's not reliable nor safe to use http connection
>because the information transferred is some secure message.
>Any way to make sure it is secure?
Your friend is basically wrong.
How are you making the data transferred over the socket secure?
If you can transmit data securely over your socket you can do it by
using HttpURLConnection.
As for relkiability - an HttpURLConnection is more reliable because
*you* don't have to do the work implementing the HTTP protocol for the
message exchange. Therefore you are less likely to make a mistake.
It is also possible to use Sun's SSL implementation to do a
HttpsURLConnection which is as secure as you would need to be.
Nic
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