6.3 SALT WSSP 1.2 Policy Templates

SALT provides a number of WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 template files you can use for most typical Web Service applications. These policy files are located in directory TUXDIR/udataobj/salt/policy.

Table 6-1 WSSP 1.2 Policy Template Files

Policy File	Description
wssp1.2-UsernameToken-plain-auth.xml	Username token with plain text password is sent in the request for authentication.
wssp1.2-x509v3-auth.xml	X509 V3 binary token (certificate) is sent in the request for authentication. The request is optionally signed with some message parts in the requests.
wssp1.2-signbody.xml	The entire SOAP body is signed.

These template files can be referenced directly in the WSDF files with location value format:

salt:<template_file_name>

For example, if you want to configure signbody, you can specify the followings in your WSDF file:

<Policy location=”salt:wssp1.2-signbody.xml” />