Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 2 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications

response-protection Element

The syntax for the response-protection element is as follows:

<<!ELEMENT response-protection EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST response-protection
auth-source (sender|content)#IMPLIED
auth-recipient (before-content |after-content)#IMPLIED
Table 8–8 Attributes of the response-protection Element

Attribute name 

Description 

Value  

Default 

auth-source

Defines a requirement for message layer sender authentication, for example, username and password) or content authentication, for example, digital signature

sender or content

Implied 

auth-recipient

Defines a requirement for message layer authentication of the receiver of a message to its sender, for example by XML encryption.  

The before-content attribute value indicates that recipient authentication occurs before any content authentication with respect to the target of the containing auth-policy.

before-content or after-content

Implied