To Configure a Mechanism Handler

1. In the Federation Manager Console, click the Web Services tab.

2. Under Web Services, select the Authentication Service tab.

3. Under Mechanism Handlers List, click Add or Edit to display the Mechanism Handler attributes.

4. Provide values for the attributes.

   Key

   Defines the SASL mechanism supported by the Authentication Web Service.

   Class

   The Authentication Web Service provides a handler interface that needs to be implemented in order for each SASL mechanism to process the requested message and return a response. The class parameter specifies the name of the implementation class for the SASL mechanism. Two authentication mechanisms are supported out-of-the-box by the following classes:

   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.

5. Click OK or Save to complete the Mechanism Handler configuration.

6. Click Save on the Authentication Web Service page to complete the service configuration.