Binary security token

The ValueType attribute identifies the type of the security token, for example, an LTPA token. The EncodingType 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, Version 5.0.2 supports both LTPA and X.509 certificate binary security tokens. A binary security token has the following attributes that are used for interpretation:

• Value type

• Encoding type

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

<wsse:BinarySecurityToken xmlns:ns7902342339871340177=
"http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/tokentype/5.0.2"
EncodingType="wsse:Base64Binary"
ValueType="ns7902342339871340177:LTPA">
MIZ6LGPt2CzXBQfio9wZTo1VotWov0NW3Za6lU5K7Li78DSnIK6iHj3hxXgrUn6p4wZI
8Xg26havepvmSJ8XxiACMihTJuh1t3ufsrjbFQJOqh5VcRvI+AKEaNmnEgEV65jUYAC9
C/iwBBWk5U/6DIk7LfXcTT0ZPAd+3D3nCS0f+6tnqMou8EG9mtMeTKccz/pJVTZjaRSo
msu0sewsOKfl/WPsjW0bR/2g3NaVvBy18VlTFBpUbGFVGgzHRjBKAGo+ctkl80nlVLIk
TUjt/XdYvEpOr6QoddGi4okjDGPyyoDxcvKZnReXww5UsoqlpfXwN4KG9as=
</wsse:BinarySecurityToken></wsse:Security></soapenv:Header>

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

Important distinction between Version 5.x and Version 6 applications

Note: The information in this article supports version 5.x applications only that are used with WebSphere Application Server Version 6. The information does not apply to version 6 applications.

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