ProcedureTo configure a message security provider

Typically, a provider would be re-configured to modify its message protection policies, although the provider type, implementation class, and provider-specific configuration properties may also be modified.

  1. In the Admin Console tree component, expand the Configuration node.

  2. Expand the Security node.

  3. Expand the Message Security node.

  4. Select the SOAP node.

  5. Select the Providers tab.

  6. Select the message security provider to edit.

    The Edit Provider Configuration page appears. Application Server ships with the client provider com.sun.xml.wss.provider.ClientSecurityAuthModule and server provider com.sun.xml.wss.provider.ServerSecurityAuthModule.

  7. In the Provider Configuration section, modify the following properties as desired:

  8. Specify the request policy, if desired.

    The request policy determines the request processing that the authentication provider performs. The following properties are optional, but if not specified, the authentication provider does not authenticate request messages. The Request Policy section contains these fields:

    For a description of the actions performed by the SOAP message security providers, see Request and Response Policy Configurations.

  9. Specify the response policy, if desired.

    The response policy determines the response processing that the authentication provider performs. These properties are optional, but if not specified, no authentication is applied to response messages.

    For a description of the actions performed by the SOAP message security providers as a result of the following message protection policies see Request and Response Policy Configurations.

  10. Add additional properties by clicking the Add Property button.

    The provider shipped with Application Server supports the following property: server.config - The directory and file name of an XML file that contains the server configuration information. For example, domain-dir/config/wss-server-config.xml.

    If you are using another other provider, refer to its documentation for more information on properties and valid values.

  11. Click Save.

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Equivalent asadmin commands

To set the response policy, replace the word request in the following commands with response.

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