Set the server for response encryption: encrypting the message parts
We can specify which parts of the response message to encrypt when configuring the server for response encryption.
Overview
There is an important distinction between V5.x and V6.0.x and later applications. The information in this article supports V5.x applications only that are used with WAS V6.0.x and later. The information does not apply to V6.0.x and later applications. Prior to completing these steps, read either of the following topics to become familiar with the WS Extensions tab and the WS Bindings tab in the Web services editor within an assembly tool:
These two tabs are used to configure the WS-Security extensions and the WS-Security bindings, respectively.
Complete the following steps to specify which parts of the response message to encrypt when configuring the server for response encryption:
- Launch an assembly tool.
See the related information on Assembly Tools.
- Switch to the Java EE perspective. Click Window > Open Perspective > J2EE.
- Click EJB Projects > application_name > ejbModule > META_INF.
- Right-click the webservices.xml file, select Open with > Web services editor.
- Click the Extensions tab, which is located at the bottom of the Web Services Editor within the assembly tool.
- Expand Response sender service configuration details > Confidentiality. Confidentiality refers to encryption while integrity refers to digital signing. Confidentiality reduces the risk of someone understanding the message flowing across the Internet. With confidentiality specifications, the response is encrypted before it is sent and decrypted when it is received at the correct target.
- Select the parts of the response to encrypt by clicking Add and selecting Bodytoken or Usernametoken.
The following information describes the message parts:
- Bodycontent
- User data portion of the message.
- Usernametoken
- Basic authentication information, if selected.
A user name token does not appear in the response so you do not need to select this option for the response. If we select this option, make sure that you also select it for the client response receiver. If we do not select this option, make sure that you do not select it for the client response receiver.
Next steps
After you specify which message parts to encrypt, specify which method to use message encryption. See the task for choosing the encryption method when configuring the server for response encryption.
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