Login configuration [Settings]

Authentication methods this service supports. Custom authentication methods can also be defined.

To view this page in the console, click the following path:

Service integration -> Web services -> WS-Security configurations -> draft13-outbound-config_name -> [Request sender] Login configuration.

This panel is one of a set of panels that we can use to configure the service integration bus in accordance with the WS-Security Draft 13 specification (also known as the Web Services Security Core Specification).

Configuration tab

The Configuration tab shows configuration properties for this object. These property values are preserved even if the runtime environment is stopped then restarted. See the information center task descriptions for information about how to apply configuration changes to the runtime environment.

General Properties

Authentication method

Predefined authentication method to use.

Information	Value
Required	Yes
Data type	Custom
Range	None No authentication process is used. Basic authentication A username and password is used to authenticate the user. Use Nonce Nonce is a randomly-generated, cryptographic token used to prevent replay attacks. Nonce time stamp required Attaches a time stamp element to the message. ID assertion This asserts the authenticated identity of the originating client from a web service to a downstream web service. When identity assertion is used, the authentication decision is performed based only on the name of the identity and not on other information such as passwords. Signature This refers to an X.509 certificate that is sent by the client to the server. The certificate is used to authenticate to the user registry configured at the server. Custom authentication method A custom authentication method can be entered by the user in a text format.

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