New features for securing applications and their environment
- What is new for security specialists
Overview of new and changed features in security.
- Security
- Describes how IBM WAS provides security infrastructure and mechanisms to protect sensitive Java EE resources and admin resources and to address enterprise end-to-end security requirements on authentication, resource access control, data integrity, confidentiality, privacy, and secure interoperability.
- Security planning overview
Several communication links are provided from a browser on the Internet, through Web servers and product servers, to the enterprise data at the back-end. This page examines some typical configurations and common security practices. WebSphere Application WAS security is built on a layered security architecture. This section also examines the security protection offered by each security layer and common security practice for good quality of protection in end-to-end security.
Samples
The Samples Gallery offers:
- Login - Form Login
The Form Login Sample demonstrates a very simple example of how to use the login facilities for WAS to implement and configure login applications. The Sample uses the Java EE form-based login technology to customize the look and feel of the login screens. It uses servlet filters to log the user information and the date information. The Sample finishes the session by using the form-based logout function, an IBM extension to the Java EE specification.
- Login - JAAS Login
The JAAS Login Sample demonstrates how to use the (JAAS) with WAS. The Sample uses server-side login with JAAS to authenticate a real user to the WebSphere security run time. Based upon a successful login, the WebSphere security run time uses the authenticated Subject to perform authorization checks on a protected stateless session enterprise bean. If the Sample runs successfully, it displays all the principals and public credentials of the authenticated user.
Subtopics
Security planning overview
Security considerations when registering a base Application Server node with the administrative agent
Security considerations when adding a base Application Server node to ND
Security: Links
Common Criteria (EAL4) support
FIPS support
Related concepts
What is new for security specialists
Related tasks
Task overview: Securing resources