uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.grid.utils
Interface CertificateTrustValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

CertificateFileTrustValidator, InteractiveX509TrustManager

public interface CertificateTrustValidator

When connecting to a server, this is used to decide whether to trust the server's X.509 certificate.

Method Summary

boolean

isCertificateTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain) Decide whether to trust a server's certificate.

Method Detail

isCertificateTrusted

boolean isCertificateTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain)

Decide whether to trust a server's certificate. Called to check both the TLS and message-level certificates. In both cases, it is only called if the default checks fail.

Parameters:

chain - the server's certificate chain

Returns:

true if we should trust it