WAS v5.x Signature authentication method
When using the signature authentication method, the security token is generated with a <ds:Signature> and a <wsse:BinarySecurityToken> element.
On the request sender side, a callback handler is invoked to generate the security token. On the request receiver side, a JAAS login module is used to validate the security token.
- Signature token generation
- The request sender generates a Signature security token using a callback handler. The security token returned by the callback handler is inserted in the SOAP message. The callback handler is specified in the <LoginBinding> element of the bindings file, ibm-webservicesclient-bnd.xmi.
WAS provides the following callback handler implementation that can be used with the Signature authentication method:
com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.NonPromptCallbackHandlerWe can add your own callback handlers that implement...
javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler- Security token validation
- The request receiver retrieves the Signature security token from the SOAP message and validates it using a JAAS login module. The <ds:Signature> and <wsse:BinarySecurityToken> elements in the security token are used to perform the validation. If the validation is successful, the login module returns a JAAS Subject. This Subject then is set as the identity of the running thread. If the validation fails, the request is rejected with a SOAP fault exception.
The JAAS login configuration is specified in the <LoginMapping> element of the bindings file. Default bindings are specified in the ws-security.xml file. However, one can override these bindings using the application-specific ibm-webservices-bnd.xmi file. The configuration information consists of a CallbackHandlerFactory and a ConfigName. The CallbackHandlerFactory specifies the name of a class that is used for creating the JAAS CallbackHandler object. WAS provides the...
com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.WSCallbackHandlerFactoryImp CallbackHandlerFactoryThe ConfigName specifies a JAAS configuration name entry. WAS searches in the security.xml file for a matching configuration name entry. If a match is not found, it searches the wsjaas.conf file. WAS provides the system.wssecurity.Signature default configuration entry, which is suitable for the signature authentication method.
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