C# - secure `sockets` with SSL

Question

hi i have a socket connection (server) developed with methods available in

using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Net;

is it possible to secure the data communication in this sockets ? specially implement SSL ? any examples ?

Solution

You could use an SslStream. The documentation link contains an example of a TCP server and a client which communicate over SSL.

Comments

[Darin Dimitrov]

@Sudantha, no, it works with bare sockets as well, but you probably shouldn't be using bare sockets anyway. SslStream can be used to wrap any Stream object, no matter where it comes from.

[Sudantha]

do u have any example with sslstream ? my client is on PHP is it possible ?

[Darin Dimitrov]

@Sudantha, isn't the link provided in the documentation insufficient for you to implement the server side? As far as the client side is concerned, I am not familiar with PHP, but I guess that if it supports SSL over TCP sockets that would work (as I don't know PHP I cannot point you towards good examples of how to achieve this). You will need a certificate on the server.