Transform algorithms settings

Use this admin console page to select the uniform resource locator (URL) for the transform algorithms that are needed to protect the message part. following:

1. Click Services > Policy sets > General provider policy set bindings or General client policy set bindings.

2. Click the name of the binding you want to edit.

3. Click WS-Security policy in the Policies table

4. Click the Authentication and Protection link in the Main message security policy bindings section.

5. Select a signature protection in the Request message and encryption protection section or the Response message signature and encryption protection section.

6. Click the Additional bindings > Signed part reference default at the end of the panel.

7. Click a URL in the Transform algorithms table.

We can also get to this admin console page by completing the following actions:

1. Click Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise apps.

2. Select an application that contains Web services.

3. Select Service provider policy sets and bindings or Service client.policy sets and bindings.

4. Select a binding.

   You must have previously attached a policy set and assigned an application specific binding before we can do this step.

5. Select WS-Security.

   You must have previously added WS-Security to the bindings.

6. Click the Authentication and Protection link in the Main message security policy bindings section.

7. Select a signature protection in the Request message and encryption protection section or the Response message signature and encryption protection section.

8. Click the Additional bindings > Signed part reference default at the bottom of the panel.

9. Click New to add a transform.

10. [Optional] Click a URL in the Transform algorithms table. This step assumes that a transform algorithm has previously been configured.

URL

Specifies the URL for the transform algorithms that are used to protect the message part.

The URLs of the supported transform algorithms are listed in the table. The recommended transform is http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n# and it is the Exclusive XML Canonicalization, as well as the default value provided in the URL field when a transform is added.

List of URLs for the transform algorithms
http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116
http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2
http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#STR-Transform
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/decrypt#XML
http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature

Custom properties

Custom properties name and value pair for the transform algorithms. Click New to add a new custom property. Click Delete to delete a custom property.

Name

Name of a custom property that you choose to set to protect the message part.

Value

Value of a custom property that you choose to set to protect the message part.

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Related tasks

Manage policy sets
Set the WS-Security policy

 

Related

Application policy sets collection
Application policy set settings
Service client.policy set and bindings collection
Service provider policy sets and bindings collection