Preface

This manual discusses Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) security features.

This preface contains these topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Audience

This manual is intended for experienced Java developers, deployers, and application managers who want to understand the security features of OC4J. It discusses the Oracle Application Server Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Provider in detail, as well as discussing security implications of individual J2EE features, including Web applications, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), the J2EE Connector Architecture, Secure Sockets Layer, and the Common Secure Interoperability Version 2 protocol (CSIv2).

Documentation Accessibility

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http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

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Related Documentation

For more information, see the following Oracle resources.

Additional OC4J documents:

• Oracle Containers for J2EE Developer's Guide

  This discusses items of general interest to developers writing an application to run on OC4J—issues that are not specific to a particular container such as the servlet, EJB, or JSP container. (An example is class loading.)

• Oracle Containers for J2EE Deployment Guide

  This covers information and procedures for deploying an application to an OC4J environment. This includes discussion of the deployment plan editor that comes with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g.

• Oracle Containers for J2EE Configuration and Administration Guide

  This discusses how to configure and administer applications for OC4J, including use of the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control Console, use of standards-compliant MBeans provided with OC4J, and, where appropriate, direct use of OC4J-specific XML configuration files.

• Oracle Containers for J2EE Servlet Developer's Guide

  This provides information for servlet developers regarding use of servlets and the servlet container in OC4J, including basic servlet development and use of JDBC and EJBs.

• Oracle Containers for J2EE Support for JavaServer Pages Developer's Guide

  This provides information about JavaServer Pages development and the JSP implementation and container in OC4J. This includes discussion of Oracle features such as the command-line translator and OC4J-specific configuration parameters.

• Oracle Containers for J2EE JSP Tag Libraries and Utilities Reference

  This provides conceptual information as well as detailed syntax and usage information for tag libraries and JavaBeans provided with OC4J.

• Oracle Containers for J2EE Services Guide

  This provides information about standards-based Java services supplied with OC4J, such as JTA, JNDI, JMS, JAAS, the Oracle Application Server Java Object Cache, and the XML Query Service.

• JAAS Provider API Reference

  This is a Javadoc set for the OracleAS JAAS Provider.

• Oracle Containers for J2EE Enterprise JavaBeans Developer's Guide

  This provides information about Enterprise JavaBeans development and the EJB implementation and container in OC4J.

• Oracle Application Server Web Services Developer's Guide

  This describes Web services development and configuration in OC4J and Oracle Application Server.

• Oracle Application Server Advanced Web Services Developer's Guide

  This book describes topics beyond basic Web service assembly. For example, it describes how to diagnose common interoperability problems, how to enable Web service management features (such as reliability, auditing, and logging), and how to use custom serialization of Java value types.

• Oracle Application Server Web Services Security Guide

  This describes Web services security and configuration in OC4J and Oracle Application Server.

From the Oracle Application Server core documentation group:

• Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Guide

• Oracle HTTP Server Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority Administrator's Guide

For Oracle Identity Management, Oracle Internet Directory, and OracleAS Single Sign-On:

• Oracle Identity Management Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Identity Management Integration Guide

• Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration

• Oracle Identity Management Application Developer's Guide

• Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Internet Directory API Reference

• Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On Administrator's Guide

For Oracle COREid Access and Identity:

• Oracle COREid Access and Identity Introduction

• Oracle COREid Access and Identity Installation Guide

• Oracle COREid Access and Identity Administration Guide

• Oracle COREid Access and Identity Developer Guide

• Oracle COREid Access and Identity Deployment Guide

For additional information, see:

• The Sun Java and J2EE Web pages, especially the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Web site at :

  http://java.sun.com/products/jaas/overview.html

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type within a paragraph indicates commands, URLs, Java class names and method names, file and directory names, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.