Is it suffcient to put CA certificate in key store?

Hi,

I want to establish an SSL connection with server-side authentication only. Is it sufficient to put the certificate of the CA into the client-side keystore when using JSSE?

I know, that the server will send its certificate to the client during the SSL handshake. The client will have to verifiy this certificate. To be able to verify it, the client will need the CAs certificate. That's why I wonder if it is sufficient to store the CA certificate only in the client's keystore initially.

Will the server's certificate be stored automatically in the client's keystore after the first communication, and thus make any subsequent verifications unneccessary?

Thanks!

[702 byte] By [frotschia] at [2007-10-1 7:31:33]