[Quickfix-developers] SSL connection

Hi QF developers,

There is SSLSocketInitiator class in the lib and also under examples folder we can see the following code:

#ifdef HAVE_SSL
    if (isSSL.compare("SSL") == 0)
      initiator = new FIX::ThreadedSSLSocketInitiator ( application, storeFactory, settings, logFactory );
    else if (isSSL.compare("SSL-ST") == 0)
      initiator = new FIX::SSLSocketInitiator ( application, storeFactory, settings, logFactory );
    else
#endif

Long long time ago there was a talk about adding security to fix-msg’s themselves.  But later, the industry found that it is much better to get a secure line between the 2 connections.  So now the entire universe just uses a dedicated encrypted line.

I believe there must be something within SSLSocketInitiator  even a connection is a secured line. Please kindly share something I missed that I'll know that I need to use SSLSocketInitiator for a secured line connection environment.

Warm Regards.
Ming