Programming Security for Web Services

Introduction to the Web Services Security Service Module

About This Document

Audience for This Guide

How this Document is Organized

Product Documentation on the dev2dev Web Site

Related Information

Overview of Web Services

Product Overview

Web Server Product Environment

Web Services Security Service Module

Client Trust Model

Deployment Model

Usage Model

Product Features

Web Services Interfaces

Registry Service Interface

How the Registry Service Works

Registry Service Methods

Methods Common to All Web Services Interfaces

Authentication Service Interface

Authentication Process

Authentication Service Methods

authenticate() Method

assertIdentity() Method

isAssertionTokenSupported() Method

validateIdentity() Method

Authorization Service Interface

Authorization Process

Authorization Service Methods

isAccessAllowed()

isAuthenticationRequired() Method

Auditing Service Interface

Auditing Process

Auditing Service Method

Role Mapping Service Interface

Role Mapping Process

Role Mapping Service Method

Credential Mapping Service Interface

Credential Mapping Process

Credential Mapping Method