HTTP/SSL

The HTTPS connector enables Java managers to access a Java dynamic management agent using HTTP over Secure Socket Layer (SSL). SSL security is implemented in the Java 2 platform. The HTTP/SSL connector provides identity authentication based on the Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism using MD5 (CRAM-MD5). The HTTPS connector server requires client identification by default.

The behavior of the HTTP/SSL connector is governed by the particular SSL implementation used in your applications. For data encryption, the default cipher suites of the SSL implementation are used. The SSL implementation must be compliant with the SSL Standard Extension API.