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Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Architecture

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Foundations of WebLogic Portal Security
  • 1.1.1 J2EE Security Services
  • 1.1.2 WebLogic Security Service Provider Interfaces
  • 1.1.3 Java Authentication and Authorization Service
• 1.2 Authentication
  • 1.2.1 Authentication Providers
  • 1.2.2 Identity Assertion Providers and Single Sign-On
  • 1.2.3 Implementing Authentication Programmatically
• 1.3 Authorization
  • 1.3.1 Authorization Providers
  • 1.3.2 Role Mapping Providers
  • 1.3.3 Roles and Role Policies
  • 1.3.4 Security Policies
  • 1.3.5 Deployment Descriptors
• 1.4 WebLogic Portal-Specific Security Extensions
  • 1.4.1 Visitor Entitlements
  • 1.4.2 Delegated Administration
• 1.5 Security Features in the WebLogic Portal Life Cycle
  • 1.5.1 Architecture
  • 1.5.2 Development
  • 1.5.3 Staging
  • 1.5.4 Production
• 1.6 Credential Vault
• 1.7 Getting Started

2 Planning a Security Strategy

• 2.1 Developing Your Security Strategy
• 2.2 Choosing WebLogic and Custom Authentication Providers
  • 2.2.1 Setting Up a WebLogic Authentication Provider
  • 2.2.2 Setting Up a Custom Authentication Provider
  • 2.2.3 Deciding When to Use Multiple Authentication Providers
  • 2.2.4 Setting Up Multiple Authentication Providers
  • 2.2.5 Selecting Read-Only or Write Access to User Information
• 2.3 Setting Up Role-Based Authorization
  • 2.3.1 Understanding Global and Scoped Roles
    • 2.3.1.1 Global Roles
    • 2.3.1.2 Scoped Roles
  • 2.3.2 Restricting Portal Visitor Access Using Entitlements
    • 2.3.2.1 Protecting Portal Resources Using Visitor Entitlements
    • 2.3.2.2 Protecting Content Management Resources Using Visitor Entitlements
    • 2.3.2.3 Protecting Groups Using Visitor Entitlements
  • 2.3.3 Setting Up a Delegated Administration Role Hierarchy
    • 2.3.3.1 Example Role Hierarchy
    • 2.3.3.2 Setting Up Administrative Roles
• 2.4 Designing Security for Optimal Performance

Part II Development

3 Securing Your Portal Deployment

• 3.1 Encrypting Sensitive Information
• 3.2 Using Firewalls
• 3.3 Securing the WebLogic Portal Administration Console
• 3.4 Securing Database Communications
• 3.5 Reviewing Policies and Visitor Entitlements
• 3.6 Securing WSRP Applications
• 3.7 Blocking Non-HTTP Protocols
• 3.8 Securing the Content Management System
• 3.9 Securing UUP Data
• 3.10 Application-Scoping Resources
• 3.11 Securing WebDAV Web Application
• 3.12 Implementing Authentication Programmatically
  • 3.12.1 Always Redirect After Login or Logout
  • 3.12.2 Avoid Using JSP Tags for Login and Logout
  • 3.12.3 Sample JSP Login/Logout Code
• 3.13 Using Security Tokens

4 Preventing Direct Access to Portal Application Resources

• 4.1 Securing Resources Using Deployment Descriptors

5 Securing Third-Party Applications

• 5.1 Understanding the Credential Vault
  • 5.1.1 User Credential Vault
  • 5.1.2 User + Resource Credential Vault
  • 5.1.3 System Credential Vault
  • 5.1.4 Visibility
• 5.2 Using the Credential Vault APIs
  • 5.2.1 Initialize the Credential Vault
  • 5.2.2 Construct the Resource Key
  • 5.2.3 Creating a Credential Entry
  • 5.2.4 Accessing a Credential Entry
  • 5.2.5 Updating a Credential Entry
  • 5.2.6 Deleting a Credential Entry
• 5.3 Credential Vault Examples
• 5.4 Creating or Viewing System Credentials in the Administration Console

Part III Staging

6 Managing Security Providers

• 6.1 Viewing Configured Security Providers
• 6.2 Viewing Configured Authentication Providers
• 6.3 Viewing Authentication Provider Details
• 6.4 Removing Authentication Providers
• 6.5 Viewing Configured Role Mappers
• 6.6 Viewing Role Mapper Details
• 6.7 Viewing Authentication Provider Services
• 6.8 Viewing Authentication Provider Service Details
• 6.9 Adding Authentication Security Provider Services
• 6.10 Configuring Authentication Provider Services
  • 6.10.1 Enabling Text Entry for Authentication Providers
  • 6.10.2 Adding Group Management Roles
  • 6.10.3 Editing Group Management Roles
  • 6.10.4 Adding User Management Roles
  • 6.10.5 Editing User Management Roles
  • 6.10.6 Adding Protected and Reserved Group Names
  • 6.10.7 Editing Protected and Reserved Group Names
  • 6.10.8 Adding Protected and Reserved User Names
  • 6.10.9 Editing Protected and Reserved User Names
• 6.11 Viewing Role Provider Services
• 6.12 Viewing Role Provider Service Details
• 6.13 Adding Role Mapping Provider Services
• 6.14 Configuring Role Mapping Provider Services
  • 6.14.1 Enabling Text Entry for a Role Mapping Providers
• 6.15 Configuring OAM Single Sign-On with WebLogic Portal
  • 6.15.1 Before You Begin
  • 6.15.2 Configuring the OAM Identity Asserter
  • 6.15.3 Configuring the WLP Application
  • 6.15.4 Testing the Configuration
  • 6.15.5 Configuring the OAM Server

7 Configuring Delegated Administration

• 7.1 Creating Delegated Administration Roles
• 7.2 Adding Users, Groups, and Conditions in Delegated Administration Roles
  • 7.2.1 Adding Users to Delegated Administration Roles
  • 7.2.2 Adding Groups to Delegated Administration Roles
  • 7.2.3 Adding Conditions to Delegated Administration Roles with Expressions
• 7.3 Removing Users, Groups, and Conditions from Delegated Administration Roles
  • 7.3.1 Removing Users from Delegated Administration Roles
  • 7.3.2 Removing Groups from Delegated Administration Roles
  • 7.3.3 Removing Conditions in Delegated Administration Roles
• 7.4 Modifying Conditions in Delegated Administration Roles
• 7.5 Granting Additional Delegation Properties to Roles
• 7.6 Viewing Delegated Administration Role Details
• 7.7 Viewing the Delegated Resources
• 7.8 Renaming Delegated Administration Roles
• 7.9 Deleting Delegated Administration Roles
• 7.10 Setting Delegated Administration on Authentication Providers
• 7.11 Removing Delegated Administration on Authentication Providers
• 7.12 Setting Delegated Administration on Groups
• 7.13 Removing and Editing Delegated Administration on Groups
• 7.14 Setting Delegated Administration on Portal Resources in the Library
• 7.15 Setting Delegated Administration on Portal Resources in the Desktop
• 7.16 Removing and Editing Delegated Administration on Portal Resources
• 7.17 Setting Delegated Administration on Interaction Management Resources
• 7.18 Removing Delegated Administration on Interaction Management Resources
• 7.19 Setting Delegated Administration on Content Management Resources
• 7.20 Removing and Editing Delegated Administration on Content Management Resources
• 7.21 Setting Delegated Administration on Visitor Entitlement Roles
• 7.22 Removing Delegated Administration from Visitor Entitlement Roles

8 Configuring Visitor Entitlements

• 8.1 Creating Visitor Entitlement Roles
• 8.2 Adding Users, Groups, and Conditions in Visitor Entitlement Roles
  • 8.2.1 Adding Users to Visitor Entitlement Roles
  • 8.2.2 Adding Groups to Visitor Roles
  • 8.2.3 Adding Conditions to Visitor Roles with Expressions
• 8.3 Removing Users, Groups, and Conditions from Visitor Entitlement Roles
  • 8.3.1 Removing Users from Visitor Entitlement Roles
  • 8.3.2 Removing Groups from Visitor Entitlement Roles
  • 8.3.3 Removing Conditions in Visitor Entitlement Roles
• 8.4 Modifying Conditions in Visitor Entitlement Roles
• 8.5 Viewing Visitor Entitlement Role Details
• 8.6 Viewing the Entitled Resources
• 8.7 Renaming Visitor Entitlement Roles
• 8.8 Deleting Visitor Entitlement Roles
• 8.9 Choosing Whether to Set Visitor Entitlements on Portal Resources in the Library or the Desktop
• 8.10 Using Web-Application or Enterprise-Application Scoped Roles for Entitlements on Portal Resources
• 8.11 Setting Visitor Entitlements on Portal Resources in the Library
• 8.12 Setting Visitor Entitlements on Portal Resources in the Desktop
• 8.13 Removing and Editing Visitor Entitlements on Portal Resources
• 8.14 Setting Visitor Entitlements on Groups
• 8.15 Removing Visitor Entitlements on Groups
• 8.16 Setting Visitor Entitlements on Content Management Resources
• 8.17 Removing and Editing Visitor Entitlements on Content Management Resources
• 8.18 Designing Visitor Entitlements for Performance

9 Deploying Security Components

• 9.1 Deploying the Enterprise Archive File
  • 9.1.1 Modifying Enterprise Application Deployment Descriptors
  • 9.1.2 Modifying Web Application Deployment Descriptors
• 9.2 Using the Propagation Utility

Part IV Production

10 Implementing Authorization Programmatically

• 10.1 Verifying Whether a User Is Assigned a Specific Role
• 10.2 Verifying Whether a User Has Access to a Resource
  • 10.2.1 Attributes
  • 10.2.2 Example
  • 10.2.3 Other Tools