VB.NET Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

SSL Server Example

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Demonstrates how to create an SSL socket for accepting connections. This example is *very* simple in that it will create an SSL socket for accepting a single connection. It will read a message from the client, send a reply, and exit. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim listenSslSocket As New Chilkat.Socket

'  An SSL server needs a digital certificate.  This example loads it from a PFX file.

'  Create an instance of a certificate store object, load a PFX file,
'  locate the certificate we need, and use it.
'  (a PFX file may contain more than one certificate.)
Dim certStore As New Chilkat.CertStore
'  The 1st argument is the filename, the 2nd arg is the 
'  PFX file's password:
success = certStore.LoadPfxFile("chilkat.pfx","test")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(certStore.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Find the certificate to be used for SSL:
Dim jsonCN As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonCN.UpdateString("CN","example.com")

Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = certStore.FindCert(jsonCN,cert)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(certStore.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Use the certificate:
success = listenSslSocket.InitSslServer(cert)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(listenSslSocket.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Bind and listen on a port:
Dim myPort As Integer = 8123
'  Allow for a max of 5 queued connect requests.
Dim backLog As Integer = 5
success = listenSslSocket.BindAndListen(myPort,backLog)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(listenSslSocket.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  If accepting an SSL/TLS connection, the SSL handshake is part of the connection
'  establishment process. This involves a few back-and-forth messages between the 
'  client and server to establish algorithms and a shared key to create the secure 
'  channel. The sending and receiving of these messages are governed by the 
'  MaxReadIdleMs and MaxSendIdleMs properties. If these properties are set to 0 
'  (and this is the default unless changed by your application), then the 
'  AcceptNext can hang indefinitely during the SSL handshake process. 
'  Make sure these properties are set to appropriate values before calling AcceptNext.

'  Set a 10 second max for waiting to read/write.  This is for the SSL/TLS handshake establishment.
listenSslSocket.MaxReadIdleMs = 10000
listenSslSocket.MaxSendIdleMs = 10000

'  Accept a single client connection and establish the secure SSL/TLS channel:
Dim maxWaitMillisec As Integer = 20000
Dim clientSock As New Chilkat.Socket
success = listenSslSocket.AcceptNext(maxWaitMillisec,clientSock)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(listenSslSocket.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  The client (in this example) is going to send a "Hello Server! -EOM-" 
'  message.  Read it:
Dim receivedMsg As String = clientSock.ReceiveUntilMatch("-EOM-")
If (clientSock.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(clientSock.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine(receivedMsg)

'  Send a "Hello Client! -EOM-" message:
success = clientSock.SendString("Hello Client! -EOM-")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(clientSock.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Close the connection with the client
'  Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
success = clientSock.Close(20000)