WAS v8.5 > Secure applications > Secure web services > Secure web services > Web Services Security concepts > Web Services Security concepts for v5.x applicationsCollection certificate store
A collection certificate store is a collection of non-root, certificate authority (CA) certificates and certificate revocation lists (CRLs). This collection of CA certificates and CRLs is used to check the signature of a digitally signed SOAP message.
There is an important distinction between v5.x and v6.0.x applications. The information in this article supports v5.x applications only used with WebSphere Application Server v6.0.x and later. The information does not apply to v6.0.x applications.
The collection certificate stores are used when processing a received SOAP message. This collection is configured in the securityRequestReceiverBindingConfig section of the binding file for servers and in the securityResponseReceiverBindingConfig section of the binding file for clients.
A collection certificate store is one kind of certificate store. A certificate store is defined as javax.security.cert.CertStore in the Java CertPath API. The Java CertPath API defines the following types of certificate stores:
The CertPath API uses the certificate store and the trust anchor to validate the incoming X.509 certificate that is embedded in the SOAP message.
- Collection certificate store
- A collection certificate store accepts the certificates and CRLs as Java collection objects.
- LDAP certificate store
- The LDAP certificate store accepts certificates and CRLs as LDAP entries.
The Web Services Security implementation in the WAS supports the collection certificate store. Each certificate and CRL is passed as an encoded file. This configuration is done using either the dmgr console or by scripting.
Related concepts:
Trust anchors