This chapter discusses how to write application programs usingSSL on OpenVMS. The SSL library provides APIs supporting three SSLprotocols: SSL Version 2 (SSLv2), SSL Version 3 (SSLv3), and TLSVersion 1 (TLSv1). You can write an SSL application program in Cor C++.
This chapter provides the following information:
A description of the seven SSL data structures
How to configure and obtain certificates
An SSL programming tutorial that shows the implementationof a simple SSL client and server program using SSL APIs