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Configure token generators using JAX-RPC to protect message authenticity at the application level

 

When you specify the token generators at the application level, the information is used on the generator side to generate the security token.

 

Overview

Complete the following steps to configure the token generator on the application level:

 

Procedure

  1. Locate the token generator panel in the console.

    1. Click Applications > Enterprise applications > application .

    2. Under Manage modules, click URI_name.

    3. Under Web Services Security Properties you can access the token generators for the following bindings:

      • For the request generator (sender) binding, click Web services: Client security bindings. Under Request generator (sender) binding, click Edit custom.

      • For the response generator (sender) binding, click Web services: Server security bindings. Under Response generator (sender) binding, click Edit custom.

    4. Under Additional properties, click Token generators.

    5. Click New to create a token generator configuration, select an existing configuration. Click Delete to delete an existing configuration, or click the name of an existing token generator configuration to edit its settings. If you are creating a new configuration, enter a unique name in the Token generator name field. For example, you might specify gen_signtgen.

  2. Specify a class name in the Token generator class name field. The token generator class must implement the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.token.TokenGeneratorComponent interface. The token generator class name for the request generator and the response generator must be similar to the token consumer class name for the request consumer and the response consumer. For example, if your application requires a username token consumer, you can specify the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.token.UsernameTokenConsumer class name on the token consumer panel for the application level and the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.token.UsernameTokenGenerator class name in this field.

     

  3. Optional: Select a part reference in the Part reference field. The part reference indicates the name of the security token that is defined in the deployment descriptor.

    On the application level, if you do not specify a security token in your deployment descriptor, the Part reference field is not displayed. If you define a security token called user_tgen in your deployment descriptor, user_tgen is displayed as an option in the Part reference field. You can specify a security token in the deployment descriptor when you assemble your application using an assembly tool.

  4. Select either None or Dedicated signing information for the certificate path. Select None when the token generator does not use the PKCS#7 token type. When the token generator uses the PKCS#7 token type and you want to package certificate revocation lists (CRLs) in the security token, select Dedicated signing information and select a certificate store. To configure a collection certificate store and certificate revocation lists for the generator bindings on the application level, complete the following steps:

    1. Click Applications > Enterprise applications > application.

    2. Under Related Items, click EJB Modules or Web Modules > URI_name.

    3. Under Additional Properties you can access the collection certificate store configuration for the following bindings:

      • For the request generator (sender) binding, click Web services: Client security bindings. Under Request generator (sender) binding, click Edit custom.

      • For the response generator (sender) binding, click Web services: Server security bindings. Under Response generator (sender) binding, click Edit custom.

    4. Under Additional properties, click Collection certificate store.

    also see the information about configuring a collection certificate store.

     

  5. Optional: Select the Add nonce option. This option indicates whether a 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. The Add nonce option is valid only when the generated token type is a user name token and is available only for the request generator binding.If you select the Add nonce option, you can specify the following properties under Additional properties. These properties are used by the request consumer.

    Table 1. Additional nonce properties
    Property name Default value Explanation 

    com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.config.token.
BasicAuth.Nonce.cacheTimeout
    		600 seconds Timeimeout value, in seconds, for the nonce value that is cached on the server. 

    com.ibm.ws.wssecurity.config.token.
BasicAuth.Nonce.clockSkew
    		0 seconds Timeime, 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.

    On the cell and server levels, you can specify these additional properties for a nonce on the Default bindings for Web services security panel within the console.

    • For the cell level, click Security > Web services.

    • For the server level, click Servers > Application servers > server. Under Security, click Web services: Default bindings for Web services security.

     

  6. Optional: Select the Add timestamp option. This option indicates whether to insert a time stamp into the user name token. The Add timestamp option is valid only when the generated token type is a user name token and is available only for the request generator binding.

  7. Specify the value type local name in the Local name field. For a user name token and an X.509 certificate security token, WebSphere Application Server provides predefined local names for the value type. When you specify any of the following local names, you do not need to specify a value type URI:

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

    This local name specifies a user name token.

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

    This local name specifies an X.509 certificate token.

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

    This local name specifies X.509 certificates in a public key infrastructure (PKI) path.

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

    This local name specifies a list of X.509 certificates and certificate revocation lists in a PKCS#7 format.

    For an LTPA token, you can use LTPA for the value type local name and http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/tokentype/5.0.2 for the value type URI. For LTPA token propagation, you can use LTPA_PROPAGATION for the value type local name and http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/tokentype for the value type URI.

     

  8. Optional: Specify the value type URI in the URI field. This entry specifies the namespace URI of the value type for the generated token.

  9. Click OK and Save to save the configuration.

  10. Click the name of your token generator configuration.

  11. Under Additional properties, click Callback handler.

  12. Specify the settings for the callback handler.

    1. Specify a class name in the Callback handler class name field. This class name is the name of the callback handler implementation class that is used to plug-in a security token framework. The specified callback handler class must implement the javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler interface and must provide a constructor using the following syntax: 

      MyCallbackHandler(String username, char[] password, java.util.Map properties)
      Where:

      username

      User name that is passed into the configuration.

      password

      Password that is passed into the configuration.

      properties

      Specifies the other configuration properties that are passed into the configuration.
      This constructor is required if the callback handler needs a user name and a password. However, if the callback handler does not need a user name and a password, such as X509CallbackHandler, use a constructor with the following syntax: 

      MyCallbackHandler(java.util.Map properties)
      WebSphere Application Server provides the following default callback handler implementations:

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.GUIPromptCallbackHandler

      This callback handler uses a login prompt to gather the user name and password information. However, if you specify the user name and password on this panel, a prompt is not displayed and WAS returns the user name and password to the token generator. Use this implementation for a J2EE application client only. If you use this implementation, provide a basic authentication user ID and password on this panel.

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.NonPromptCallbackHandler

      This callback handler does not issue a prompt and returns the user name and password if it is specified on this panel. You can use this callback handler when the Web service is acting as a client. If you use this implementation, provide a basic authentication user ID and password on this panel.

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.StdinPromptCallbackHandler

      This callback handler uses a standard-in prompt to gather the user name and password. However, if the user name and password is specified on this panel, WAS does not issue a prompt, but returns the user name and password to the token generator. Use this implementation for a J2EE application client only. If you use this implementation, provide a basic authentication user ID and password on this panel.

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.LTPATokenCallbackHandler

      This callback handler is used to obtain the LTPA security token from the Run As invocation Subject. This token is inserted in the Web services security header within the SOAP message as a binary security token. However, if the user name and password are specified on this panel, WAS authenticates the user name and password to obtain the LTPA security token rather than obtaining it from the Run As Subject. Use this callback handler only when the Web service is acting as a client on the appserver. IBM recommends that you do not use this callback handler on a J2EE application client. If you use this implementation, provide a basic authentication user ID and password on this panel.

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.X509CallbackHandler

      This callback handler is used to create the X.509 certificate that is inserted in the Web services security header within the SOAP message as a binary security token. A keystore and a key definition is required for this callback handler. If you use this implementation, provide a key store password, path, and type on this panel.

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.PKCS7CallbackHandler

      This callback handler is used to create X.509 certificates encoded with the PKCS#7 format. The certificate is inserted in the Web services security header in the SOAP message as a binary security token. A keystore is required for this callback handler. You can specify a certificate revocation list (CRL) in the collection certificate store. The CRL is encoded with the X.509 certificate in the PKCS#7 format. If you use this implementation, provide a key store password, path, and type on this panel.

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.PkiPathCallbackHandler

      This callback handler is used to create X.509 certificates encoded with the PkiPath format. The certificate is inserted in the Web services security header within the SOAP message as a binary security token. A keystore is required for this callback handler. A CRL is not supported by the callback handler; therefore, the collection certificate store is not required or used. If you use this implementation, provide a key store password, path, and type on this panel.

      The callback handler implementation obtains the required security token and passes it to the token generator. The token generator inserts the security token in the Web services security header within the SOAP message. Also, the token generator is a plug-in point for the pluggable security token framework. Service providers can provide their own implementation, but the implementation must use the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.token.TokenGeneratorComponent interface.

       

    2. Optional: Select the Use identity assertion option. Select this option if you have identity assertion defined in the IBM extended deployment descriptor. This option indicates that only the identity of the initial sender is required and inserted into the Web services security header within the SOAP message. For example, WAS sends only the user name of the original caller for a username token generator. For an X.509 token generator, the appserver sends the original signer certification only.

       

    3. Optional: Select the Use RunAs identity option. Select this option if you have identity assertion defined in the IBM extended deployment descriptor and you want to use the Run As identity instead of the initial caller identity for identity assertion in a downstream call. This option is valid only if you have configured Username TokenGenerator as a token generator.

       

    4. Optional: Specify the basic authentication user ID in the Basic authentication user ID field. This entry specifies the user name that is passed to the constructors of the callback handler implementation. The basic authentication user name and password are used if you specified one of the following default callback handler implementations in the Callback handler class name field:

      • com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.GUIPromptCallbackHandler

      • com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.NonPromptCallbackHandler

      • com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.StdinPromptCallbackHandler

      • com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.LTPATokenCallbackHandler

       

    5. Optional: Specify the basic authentication password in the Basic authentication password field. This entry specifies the password that is passed to the constructors of the callback handler implementation.

       

    6. Optional: Specify the key store password in the Key store password field. This entry specifies the password used to access the key store file. The key store and its configuration are used if you select on of the following default callback handler implementations that are provided by WAS:

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.PKCS7CallbackHandler

      The keystore is used to build the X.509 certificate with the certificate path.

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.PkiPathCallbackHandler

      The keystore is used to build the X.509 certificate with the certificate path.

      com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.X509CallbackHandler

      The keystore is used to retrieve the X.509 certificate.

       

    7. Optional: Specify the key store path in the Path field. IBM recommends that you use the ${USER_INSTALL_ROOT} in the path name as this variable expands to the WAS path on your machine. To change the path used by this variable, click Environment > WebSphere variables, and click USER_INSTALL_ROOT. This field is required when you use the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.PKCS7CallbackHandler, com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.PkiPathCallbackHandler, or com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.X509CallbackHandler callback handler implementations.

       

    8. Optional: Select the key store type in the Type field. This selection indicates the format used by the keystore file. You can select one of the following values for this field:

      JKS

      Use this option if the keystore uses the Java Keystore (JKS) format.

      JCEKS

      Use this option if the Java Cryptography Extension is configured in the software development kit (SDK). The default IBM JCE is configured in WebSphere Application Server. This option provides stronger protection for stored private keys by using Triple DES encryption.

      JCERACFKS

      Use JCERACFKS if the certificates are stored in a SAF key ring (z/OS only).

      PKCS11KS (PKCS11)

      Use this format if your keystore uses the PKCS#11 file format. Keystores using this format might contain RSA keys on cryptographic hardware or might encrypt keys that use cryptographic hardware to ensure protection.

      PKCS12KS (PKCS12)

      Use this option if your keystore uses the PKCS#12 file format.

  13. Click OK and then click Save to save the configuration.

  14. Click the name of your token generator configuration.

  15. Under Additional properties, click Callback handler > Keys.

  16. Specify the key name, key alias, and the key password.

    1. Click New to create a key configuration, click Delete to delete an existing configuration, or click the name of an existing key configuration to edit its settings. If you are creating a new configuration, enter a unique name in the Key name field. For digital signatures, the key name is used by the request generator or response generator signing information to determine which key is used to digitally sign the message. For encryption, the key name is used to determine the key used for encryption. The key name must be a fully qualified, distinguished name. For example, CN=Bob,O=IBM,C=US.

    2. Specify the key alias in the Key alias field. The key alias is used by the key locator to find the key within the keystore file.

    3. Specify the key password in the Key password field. This password is needed to access the key object within the keystore file.

  17. Click OK and Save to save the configuration.

 

Results

You have configured the token generator for the application level.

 

What to do next

You must specify a similar token consumer configuration for the application level.


Request generator (sender) binding configuration settings

Response generator (sender) binding configuration settings

Callback handler configuration settings

Key collection

Key configuration settings

Web services: Client security bindings collection

Web services: Server security bindings collection

 

Related tasks


Configure the collection certificate store for the generator binding on the application level
Configure token generators using JAX-RPC to protect message authenticity at the application level
Securing Web services applications using JAX-RPC at the message level