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Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Federation and SAML Administration Guide

Authentication Web Service Attribute

The Authentication Web Service attribute is a global attribute. The value of this attribute is carried across the Access Manager configuration and inherited by every organization.

Note –

For information about the types of attributes used in Access Manager, see the Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Technical Overview.

The attribute for the Authentication Web Service is defined in the amAuthnSvc.xml service file and is called the Mechanism Handlers List.

Mechanism Handlers List

The Mechanism Handler List attribute stores information about the SASL mechanisms that are supported by the Authentication Web Service.

key Parameter

The required key defines the SASL mechanism supported by the Authentication Web Service.

class Parameter

The required class specifies the name of the implemented class for the SASL mechanism. Two authentication mechanisms are supported by the following default implementations:

Table 5–1 Default Implementations for Authentication Mechanism

Class 

Description 

com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.mechanism.PlainMechanismHandler

This class is the default implementation for the PLAIN authentication mechanism. It maps user identifiers and passwords in the PLAIN mechanism to the user identifiers and passwords in the LDAP authentication module under the root organization. 

com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.mechanism.CramMD5MechanismHandler

This class is the default implementation for the CRAM-MD5 authentication mechanism. 

Note –

The Authentication Web Service layer provides an interface that must be implemented for each SASL mechanism to process the requested message and return a response. For more information, see com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.mechanism Package.