TElCustomSimpleSSLClient.SendKeepAlive method

TElCustomSimpleSSLClient.SendKeepAlive

TElCustomSimpleSSLClient See also

Filter: C# VB.NET Pascal C++ PHP Java

Sends a heartbeat request to the server.

Declaration

[C#]
bool SendKeepAlive();

[VB.NET]
Function SendKeepAlive() As Boolean

[Pascal]
function SendKeepAlive : boolean;

[C++]
bool SendKeepAlive();

[PHP]
bool SendKeepAlive()

[Java]
boolean sendKeepAlive();

Return value

This method returns false only if the heartbeat extension is not supported on either the client, or the server side.

Description

Call this method to send a heartbeat request to the server. A heartbeat TLS extension is similar to the TCP keep-alive feature, but is more powerful. Heartbeat is supported only for TLS and DTLS, but not for SSL2 and SSL3.