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Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 4 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications

Attributes of request-protection Element

The syntax for the request-protection element is as follows.

<!ELEMENT request-protection EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST request-protection
auth-source (sender|content)#IMPLIED
auth-recipient (before-content |after-content)#IMPLIED
Table 8–7 request-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.  

A before-content attribute value indicates that recipient authentication occurs before any content authentication.

before-content or after-content

Implied