Defines the authentication policy requirements of the application’s request processing.
message-security (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml, sun-application-client.xml)
none
The following table describes attributes for the request-protection element.
Table A–94 request-protection Attributes| Attribute | Default | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| none | Specifies the type of required authentication, either sender (user name and password) or content (digital signature). | |
| none | Specifies whether recipient authentication occurs before or after content authentication. Allowed values are before-content and after-content. |