Binary security token

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Binary security token

The ValueType attribute identifies the type of the security token, for example, a LTPA token. The EncodingType type indicates how the security token is encoded, for example, Base64Binary. The BinarySecurityToken element defines a security token that is binary encoded. The encoding is specified using the EncodingType attribute. The value type and space are specified using the ValueType attribute. The Web Services Security implementation for WebSphere Application Server, v6 and later supports LTPA,, LTPA version 2, and X.509 certificate binary security tokens.

A binary security token has the following attributes used for interpretation:

Value type
Encoding type

The following example depicts an LTPA binary security token in a Web services security message header:

&ltwsse:BinarySecurityToken xmlns:wsst=
     "http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/tokentype/5.0.2"
     EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary"
     ValueType="wsst:LTPA"&gt;             MIZ6LGPt2CzXBQfio9wZTo1VotWov0NW3Za6lU5K7Li78DSnIK6iHj3hxXgrUn6p4wZI
            8Xg26havepvmSJ8XxiACMihTJuh1t3ufsrjbFQJOqh5VcRvI+AKEaNmnEgEV65jUYAC9
            C/iwBBWk5U/6DIk7LfXcTT0ZPAd+3D3nCS0f+6tnqMou8EG9mtMeTKccz/pJVTZjaRSo
            msu0sewsOKfl/WPsjW0bR/2g3NaVvBy18VlTFBpUbGFVGgzHRjBKAGo+ctkl80nlVLIk
            TUjt/XdYvEpOr6QoddGi4okjDGPyyoDxcvKZnReXww5UsoqlpfXwN4KG9as=
&lt/wsse:BinarySecurityToken&gt; </wsse:Security> </soapenv:Header>

As shown in the example, the token is Base64Binary encoded.

The following example depicts an LTPA version 2 binary security token:

<wsse:BinarySecurityToken 
  xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" 
  xmlns:wsst="http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/tokentype" 
  wsu:Id="ltpa_20" 
  ValueType="wsst:LTPAv2">     bRYI0Z59k/P1gIkgSaxeJIQoI1BdojxjdoD+6qMmiH37lqS6U90Wx6EArMA05FHVyTmxvIJACGD
    UVfqVcPDQCdPlWAn9Brhz/bXw9OEVx0wx/eNYQuiBvEVNam7urd8SxZkqppOZyeN6APZ4Z4Rox0M
    jqQv9lFIB/AKBpJyaK8V9Z9gFO8k6J5HmE/G9jdBov9Su6hXlfF50Bhy6tx8BEm4Zn/pkeNc1H1d+
    tOxwDOfS0ORWH0tjzDCTFpAMPjMmfR0/o7o3DivONtZG61ylbcwB4hx01iQC/FN5DJwrEy8kCwCeF
    ywubKVVt5pyM1k6uVXI8ik5Pjf9aU1ei86y5iXc9CirhvqosXiZvjObHTYKZSjtGiMYw3q9NKbZxs
    SzfCuAdht8sjGfaVo43i0iz7CuFYAywqVldUPjwSTvCGNtmWB/3MRtBDrmq3fqYSomjw5ZWDFex/n
    98ZaOz8mUjNHinJc4APTtEx6S10CxUkUc8b8hoCdqbcOGdZcGqYF7xgcFXvsezsXw0eRmhra54x6g
    CJs1skMMNvi0vF2pic1cg4GClQ74NKxV1oTrDZPaQPTikYGJOLKHBPYnbPda0hPkX+iCOYN0IIRBa
    Vwjj1T0G+Y/MgokiNJRGwUQ7VHXEo0+Q2HsmCkmAFrIp4lZc9fGcFyVY/EUBBpkGchL0eKNv4DoVJW
    6EhFXWZdeiVk8
</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>

The following example depicts an X.509 v3 binary security token containing an X.509 public certificate:

<wsse:BinarySecurityToken 
  EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary" 
  ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3" 
  wsu:Id="x509bst_12" 
  xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">     MIIDQDCCAqmgAwIBAgICAQUwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwTjELMAkGA1UEBhMCSlAxETAPBg
    NVBAgTCEthbmFnYXdhMQwwCgYDVQQKEwNJQk0xDDAKBgNVBAsTA1RSTDEQMA4GA1UEAxMH
    SW50IENBMjAeFw0wMTEwMDExMDAwMzlaFw0xMTEwMDExMDAwMzlaMFMxCzAJBgNVBAYTAk
    pQMREwDwYDVQQIEwhLYW5hZ2F3YTEMMAoGA1UEChMDSUJNMQwwCgYDVQQLEwNUUkwxFTAT
    BgNVBAMTDFNPQVBQcm92aWRlcjCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAraakNJ
    1JzkPUuvPdXRvPOOCl12nBwmqvt65dk/x+QzxxarDNwH+eWRbLyyKcrAyd0XGV+Zbvj6V3
    O9DSVCZUCJttw6bbqqeYhwAP3V8s24sID77tk3gOhUTEGYxsljX2orL26SLqFJMrvnvk2F
    RS2mrdkZEBUG97mD4QWcln4d0CAwEAAaOCASYwggEiMAkGA1UdEwQCMAAwCwYDVR0PBAQD
    AgXgMCwGCWCGSAGG+EIBDQQfFh1PcGVuU1NMIEdlbmVyYXRlZCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZTAdBg
    NVHQ4EFgQUlXSsrVRfZOLGdJdjEIwTbuSTe4UwgboGA1UdIwSBsjCBr4AUvfkg1Tj5ZHLT
    29p/3M6w/tC872+hgZKkgY8wgYwxCzAJBgNVBAYTAkpQMREwDwYDVQQIEwhLYW5hZ2F3YT
    EPMA0GA1UEBxMGWWFtYXRvMQwwCgYDVQQKEwNJQk0xDDAKBgNVBAsTA1RSTDEZMBcGA1UE
    AxMQU09BUCAyLjEgVGVzdCBDQTEiMCAGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYTbWFydXlhbWFAanAuaWJtLm
    NvbYICAQEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQADgYEAXE7mE1RPb3lYAYJFzBb3VAHvkCWa/HQtCOZd
    yniCHp3MJ9EbNTq+QpOHV60YE8u0+5SejCzFSOHOpyBgLPjWoz8JXQnjV7VcAbTglw+ZoO
    SYy64rfhRdr9giSs47F4D6woPsAd2ubg/YhMaXLTSyGxPdV3VqQsutuSgDUDoqWCA=
</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>