Migrating the client-side extensions configuration

This article provides general information about migrating the Web services security client-side extensions configuration for a Java 2 Platform,
Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Version 1.3 application to a J2EE Version 1.4 application. The steps are based on typical scenarios, but the steps are not all-inclusive.The following table lists the mappings of the top-level sections under the client-side Security Extensions tab for Web services security from a J2EE Version 1.3 application to a J2EE Version 1.4 application.

Table 1. The mapping of the configuration sections

J2EE Version 1.3 security extensions for Web services security	J2EE Version 1.4 extensions for Web services security
Request Sender Configuration	Request Generator Configuration
Response Receiver Configuration	Response Consumer Configuration

Consider the following steps to migrate the client-side extensions configuration from a J2EE Version 1.3 application to a J2EE Version 1.4 application. These steps are dependent upon your specific configuration.

(dependent on configuration)

• Migrate the message parts that you need to sign or encrypt from the Integrity and Confidentiality sections in the J2EE Version 1.3 application to the Integrity and Confidentiality sections on the WS Extensions tab in an assembly tool for a J2EE Version 1.4 application.

• Configure the Security Token section under the Request Generator Configuration on the WS Extensions tab if Login Config section is configured in the J2EE Version 1.3 extensions configuration. When you configure the security token, select the token type in the Token type field that matches the authentication method value of the Login Config in the J2EE Version 1.3 application. For example, if the authentication method in the J2EE Version 1.3 extensions configuration is BasicAuth, then select Username in the Token type field within the assembly tool. For more information on how the authentication methods for Web services security map from a J2EE Version 1.3 application to a J2EE Version 1.4 application, see Authentication method to token type mappings. If the authentication method is IDAssertion, there is no action required because in a J2EE Version 1.4 application the identity assertion configuration is not required in the client-side extensions configuration. In a J2EE Version 1.4 application, the identity assertion configuration is specified in the server-side extensions configuration and in the client-side bindings configuration.

• Migrate the Required Integrity and Required Confidentiality sections by configuring the Required Integrity and Required Confidentiality sections in an assembly tool. Migrating the Response Receiver Configuration section is similar to migrating the Request Receiver Service Configuration Details section of the server-side extensions configuration. For more information, see Migrating the server-side extensions configuration.

• Migrate the nonce configuration in the Login Config section in a J2EE Version 1.3 extensions configuration for Web services security to a J2EE Version 1.4 application.

  Important: Nonce is not configured in a J2EE Version 1.4 extension file for Web services security. Rather, it is configured in the binding file for Web services security.

  To configure a nonce in the binding file, define the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.token.username.addNonce property in the token generator of the username token.

• Configure the Add Timestamp section under the Request Generator Configuration in the assembly tool if the Add Created Time Stamp option is configured in the J2EE Version 1.3 extensions.

ResultThis set of steps describe the types of information that you need to migrate the client-side extensions configuration for Web services security for a J2EE Version 1.3 application to a J2EE Version 1.4 application.

What to do next

Related tasks
Migrating the server-side extensions configuration
Migrating the server-side bindings file
Migrating the client-side bindings file