Develop extensions to the WebSphere security infrastructure

WAS provides various plug points so that we can extend the security infrastructure. Extending this security infrastructure involves several activities including: Developing custom user registries, developing applications that use programmatic security, and customizing Web app login forms.

The following topics are covered in this section:

 

• Develop custom user registries

• Develop applications that use programmatic security

• Customizing Web app login forms

• Customizing application login forms with Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)

• Secure transports with Java Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE) and JCE programming interfaces

• Implementing tokens for security attribute propagation

Develop standalone custom registries
Implement custom password encryption
Develop applications that use programmatic security
Customizing Web app login
Secure transports with JSSE and JCE programming interfaces
Set FIPS JSSE files
Implementing tokens for security attribute propagation
Develop a custom interceptor for trust associations
Enable a plugpoint for custom password encryption

 

Related tasks

Create a CA client in SSL