org.postgresql.ssl

Class NonValidatingFactory

java.lang.Object

javax.net.SocketFactory

javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory

org.postgresql.ssl.WrappedFactory

org.postgresql.ssl.NonValidatingFactory

public class NonValidatingFactory
extends WrappedFactory

Provide a SSLSocketFactory that allows SSL connections to be made without validating the server's certificate. This is more convenient for some applications, but is less secure as it allows "man in the middle" attacks.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	NonValidatingFactory.NonValidatingTM

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.postgresql.ssl.WrappedFactory

_factory

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NonValidatingFactory(String arg) We provide a constructor that takes an unused argument solely because the ssl calling code will look for this constructor first and then fall back to the no argument constructor, so we avoid an exception and additional reflection lookups.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.postgresql.ssl.WrappedFactory

createSocket, createSocket, createSocket, createSocket, createSocket, getDefaultCipherSuites, getSupportedCipherSuites

Methods inherited from class javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory

getDefault

Methods inherited from class javax.net.SocketFactory

createSocket

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NonValidatingFactory

public NonValidatingFactory(String arg)
                     throws GeneralSecurityException

We provide a constructor that takes an unused argument solely because the ssl calling code will look for this constructor first and then fall back to the no argument constructor, so we avoid an exception and additional reflection lookups.

Parameters:

arg - input argument

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - if something goes wrong