Token generator configuration settings

Use this page to specify the information for the token generator. The information is used at the generator side only to generate the security token.

To view this administrative console page for the cell level, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Security > Web services.

  2. Under Default generator bindings, click Token generators > token_generator_name or click New to create a new token generator.

To view this administrative console page for the server level, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Servers > Application servers > servername.

  2. Under Security, click Web services: Default bindings for Web services security.

  3. Under Default generator bindings, click Token generators > token_generator_name or click New to create a new token generator.

  1. Click Applications > Enterprise applications > appname.

  2. Under Related items, click EJB modules or Web modules > URI_name.

  3. Under Additional properties, one can access the token generator information for the following bindings:

  4. Click New to create a new token generator or click the name of an existing token generator name to specify its settings.

To view this administrative console page for the application level, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Applications > Enterprise applications > appname.

  2. Under Related items, click EJB modules or Web modules > URI_name.

  3. Under Additional properties, click Web services: Client security bindings.

  4. Under Request generator (sender) binding, click Edit custom.

  5. Under Additional properties, click Token generators > New.

Before specifying additional properties, specify a value in the Token generator name and the Token generator class name fields.

Token generator name

Name of the token generator configuration.

Token generator class name

Name of the token generator implementation class.

This class must implement the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.token.TokenGeneratorComponent interface.

Certificate path

Specifies the certificate revocation list (CRL) that is used for generating a security token wrapped in a PKCS#7 token type with CRL.

When the token generator is not for a PKCS#7 token type, select None. When the token generator is for the PKCS#7 token type and you want to package CRL in the security token, select Dedicated signing information and specify the CRL for the collection certificate store.

We can specify a certificate store configuration for the following bindings on the following levels:

Binding name Cell level, server level, or application level Path
Default generator bindings Cell level

  1. Click Security > Web services.

  2. Under Additional properties, click Collection certificate store.

Default generator bindings Server level

  1. Click Servers > Application servers > servername.

  2. Under Security, click Web services: Default bindings for Web services security.

  3. Under Additional properties, click Collection certificate store.

Using the collection certificate store, one can configure a related certificate revocation list by clicking Certificate revocation list under Additional properties.

Add nonce

Indicates whether nonce is included in the user name token for the token generator. Nonce is a unique cryptographic number that is embedded in a message to help stop repeat, unauthorized attacks of user name tokens.

On the application level, if you select the Add nonce option, you can specify the following properties under Additional properties:

Table 1. Additional nonce properties
Property name Default value Explanation 
com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.config.token.
BasicAuth.Nonce.cacheTimeout
600 seconds Specifies the timeout value, in seconds, for the nonce value that is cached on the server. 
com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.config.token.
BasicAuth.Nonce.clockSkew
0 seconds Specifies the time, in seconds, before the nonce time stamp expires. 
com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.config.token.
BasicAuth.Nonce.maxAge
300 seconds Specifies the clock skew value, in seconds, to consider when WAS checks the timeliness of the message.
These properties are available on the administrative console at the cell and server level. However, on the application level, one can configure the properties under Additional properties.

This option is displayed on the cell, server, and application levels. This option is valid only when the generated token type is a user name token.

Add timestamp

Specifies whether to insert the time stamp into the user name token.

This option is displayed on the cell, server, and application levels. This option is valid only when the generated token type is a user name token.

Value type local name

Specifies the local name of the value type for the generated token.

For a user name token and an X.509 certificate security token, WAS provides predefined value types. When you specify the following local names, you do not need to specify the URI of value type.

Username token

http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#UsernameToken

X509 certificate token

http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509

X509 certificates in a PKIPath

http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509PKIPathv1

A list of X509 certificates and CRLs in a PKCS#7

http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#PKCS7

LTPA

Important: For LTPA, the value type local name is LTPA. If you enter LTPA for the local name, specify the http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/tokentype/5.0.2 URI value in the Value type URI field as well. For the other predefined value types (Username token, X509 certificate token, X509 certificates in a PKIPath, and a list of X509 certificates and CRLs in a PKCS#7), the value for the local name field begins with http://. For example, if you are specifying the user name token for the value type, enter http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#UsernameToken in the Value type local name field and then you do not need to enter a value in the Value type URI field.

When you specify a custom value type for custom tokens, one can specify the local name and the URI of the quality name (QName) of the value type. For example, you might specify Custom for the local name and http://www.ibm.com/custom for the URI.

Value type URI

Namespace URI of the value type for the generated token.

When you specify the token generator for the user name token or the X.509 certificate security token, you do not need to specify this option. If you want to specify another token, specify the URI of the QName of the value type.

WebSphere Application Server provides the following predefined value type URI for the LTPA token: http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/tokentype/5.0.2