2 Configuring Message-Level Security

The chapter describes how to configure message-level security for your WebLogic web service using Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) and Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC).

This chapter includes the following sections:

Overview of Message-Level Security

Message-level security specifies whether the SOAP messages between a client application and the web service invoked by the client should be digitally signed or encrypted, or both. It also can specify a shared security context between the web service and client in the event that they exchange multiple SOAP messages. You can use message-level security to assure:

  • Confidentiality, by encrypting message parts

  • Integrity, by digital signatures

  • Authentication, by requiring username, X.509, or SAML tokens

See Configuring Simple Message-Level Security for the basic steps you must perform to configure simple message-level security. This section discusses configuration of the web services runtime environment, as well as configuration of message-level security for a particular web service and how to code a client application to invoke the service.

You can also configure message-level security for a web service at runtime, after a web service has been deployed. See Associating Policy Files at Runtime Using the Administration Console for details.

Note:

You cannot digitally sign or encrypt a SOAP attachment.

Web Services Security Supported Standards

Note:

Standards Supported by WebLogic Web Services is the definitive source of web service standards supported in this release.

WebLogic web services implement the following OASIS Standard 1.1 Web Services Security (WS-Security 1.1 (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=wss) specifications, dated February 1, 2006:

  • WS-Security 1.0 and 1.1

  • Username Token Profile 1.0 and 1.1

  • X.509 Token Profile 1.0 and 1.1

  • SAML Token Profile 1.0 and 1.1

These specifications provide security token propagation, message integrity, and message confidentiality. These mechanisms can be used independently (such as passing a username token for user authentication) or together (such as digitally signing and encrypting a SOAP message and specifying that a user must use X.509 certificates for authentication).

Web Services Trust and Secure Conversation

WebLogic web services implement the Web Services Trust (WS-Trust 1.3) and Web Services Secure Conversation (WS-SecureConversation 1.3) specifications, which together provide secure communication between web services and their clients (either other web services or standalone Java client applications).

The WS-Trust specification defines extensions that provide a framework for requesting and issuing security tokens, and to broker trust relationships.

The WS-SecureConversation specification defines mechanisms for establishing and sharing security contexts, and deriving keys from security contexts, to enable the exchange of multiple messages. Together, the security context and derived keys potentially increase the overall performance and security of the subsequent exchanges.

Web Services SecurityPolicy 1.2

The WS-Policy specification defines a framework for allowing web services to express their constraints and requirements. Such constraints and requirements are expressed as policy assertions.

WS-SecurityPolicy defines a set of security policy assertions for use with the WS-Policy framework to describe how messages are to be secured in the context of WSS: SOAP Message Security, WS-Trust and WS-SecureConversation.

You configure message-level security for a web service by attaching one or more policy files that contain security policy statements, as specified by the WS-SecurityPolicy specification. See Using Policy Files for Message-Level Security Configuration for detailed information about how the web services runtime environment uses security policy files.

For information about the elements of the Web Services SecurityPolicy 1.2 that are not supported in this release of WebLogic Server, see Unsupported WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Assertions.

Main Use Cases of Message-Level Security

The implementation of the Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security specification supports the following use cases:

  • Use X.509 certificates to sign and encrypt a SOAP message, starting from the client application that invokes the message-secured web service, to the WebLogic Server instance that is hosting the web service and back to the client application.

  • Specify the SOAP message targets that are signed, encrypted, or required: the body, specific SOAP headers, or specific elements.

  • Include a token (username, SAML, or X.509) in the SOAP message for authentication.

  • Specify that a web service and its client (either another web service or a standalone application) establish and share a security context when exchanging multiple messages using WS-SecureConversation (WSSC).

  • Derive keys for each key usage in a secure context, once the context has been established and is being shared between a web service and its client. This means that a particular SOAP message uses two derived keys, one for signing and another for encrypting, and each SOAP message uses a different pair of derived keys from other SOAP messages. Because each SOAP message uses its own pair of derived keys, the message exchange between the client and web service is extremely secure.

Using Policy Files for Message-Level Security Configuration

You specify the details of message-level security for a WebLogic web service with one or more security policy files. The WS-SecurityPolicy specification provides a general purpose model and XML syntax to describe and communicate the security policies of a web service.

Note:

Previous releases of WebLogic Server, released before the formulation of the WS-SecurityPolicy specification, used security policy files written under the WS-Policy specification, using a proprietary schema for security policy. This proprietary schema for security policy is deprecated, and it is recommended that you use the WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 format.

This release of WebLogic Server supports either security policy files that conform to the WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 specification or the web services security policy schema first included in WebLogic Server 9, but not both in the same web service. The formats are mutually incompatible.

For information about the predefined WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 security policy files, see Using WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Policy Files.

The security policy files used for message-level security are XML files that describe whether and how the SOAP messages resulting from an invoke of an operation should be digitally signed or encrypted. They can also specify that a client application authenticate itself using a username, SAML, or X.509 token.

You use the @Policy and @Policies JWS annotations in your JWS file to associate policy files with your web service. You can associate any number of policy files with a web service, although it is up to you to ensure that the assertions do not contradict each other. You can specify a policy file at both the class- and method level of your JWS file.

Note:

If you specify a transport-level security policy for your web service, it must be at the class level.

In addition, the transport-level security policy must apply to both the inbound and outbound directions. That is, you cannot have HTTPS for inbound and HTTP for outbound.

This section describes the following topics:

Using Policy Files With JAX-WS

For maximum portability, Oracle recommends that you use WS-Policy 1.2 and OASIS WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 with JAX-WS.

WS-Policy Namespace

WebLogic Server supports WS-Policy 1.2 with the following namespace:

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy

Note:

WebLogic Server also supports WS-Policy 1.5 (now a W3C standard) with the following namespace: http://www.w3.org/ns/ws-policy

WS-SecurityPolicy Namespace

The following OASIS WS-SX TC Web Services SecurityPolicy namespace is supported:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702

In addition to this new version of the namespace, WebLogic Server continues to support the following Web Services SecurityPolicy namespace:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512

In most of the cases, the policy assertions are identical for either namespaces, with the following exceptions.

  • Trust10 and Trust13 assertion. Both Trust10 and Trust13 assertions are supported.

  • SC10SecurityContextToken and SC13SecurityContextToken, as described in Specification Backward Compatibility.

  • Derived Key using different WSSC versions (200502, 1.3).

Version-Independent Policy Supported

This version of WebLogic Server supports version-independent policy. You can combine protocol-specific policies such as WS-SecurityPolicy and WS-ReliableMessaging policy that are based on different versions of the WS-Policy specification. At runtime, the merged policy file then contains two or more different namespaces.

There are three versions of WS-SecurityPolicy in this release of WebLogic Server:

  • (1) WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 OASIS standard.

  • (2) WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2, as included in WebLogic Server 10.0.

  • (3) Proprietary format WebLogic Server 9.x-style policies (deprecated).

You can mix and match any version of WS-Policy with (1), (2), or a combination of (1) and (2). However, you cannot mix and match (3) with (1) or (2) and with different versions of WS-Policy.

The version match possibilities are shown in the following Version-Independent Matrix table.

Table 2-1 Version-Independent Matrix

Security Policy Versions WS-Policy 1.5 WS-Policy 1.2 WS-Policy 1.5 AND WS-Policy 1.2

WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 OASIS standard

Y

Y

Y

WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 (WebLogic Server 10.0)

Y

Y

Y

WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 OASIS standard AND WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 (WebLogic Server 10.0)

Y

Y

Y

WebLogic Server 9.x-style

Y

Y

N

WebLogic Server 9.x-style AND WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 OASIS standard or WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 (WebLogic Server 10.0)

N

N

N

If the client program wants to know what version of the policy or security policy is used, use the versioning API to return the namespace and versioning information.

Using the SHA-256 Secure Hash Algorithm

The WebLogic Server web service security policies support both the SHA-1 and much stronger SHA-2 (SHA-256) secure hash algorithms for hashing digital signatures. In addition to the SHA-2 secure hash algorithm, FIPS 140-2 mode requires a stronger digital signature method algorithm which is supported by extended algorithm suite policies. See Using the Extended Algorithm Suite. If digital signatures in the FIPS-140 mode are not required in your environment, then you can use the SHA-256 policies.

Note:

SHA-1 Secure Hash Algorithm is not supported in FIPS mode. See Enabling FIPS Mode in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

The predefined web service security policies select which specific algorithm they use in the <sp:AlgorithmSuite> element.

WebLogic Server includes policies such as Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256Sha256.xml that specifically use the SHA-256 secure hash algorithm, as shown in Table 2-2.

If an SHA-256 version of a policy you want to use exists, use it instead of the older SHA-1 version.

Note:

For maximum security, Oracle recommends the use of SHA-256 instead of SHA-1, where possible.

If you already use the older SHA-1 version of a policy, Oracle recommends that you update your web service to use the SHA-256 version.

Table 2-2 Using the SHA-256 Policies

Instead of this SHA-1 policy ...Use this SHA-256 policy

Wssp1.2-2007-Https-UsernameToken-Plain.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Https-UsernameToken-Plain-Basic256Sha256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256Sha256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256Sha256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256Sha256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1-Basic256Sha256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1-Basic256Sha256.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-Bearer-Https.xml

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-Bearer-Https-Basic256Sha256.xml

Update the Predefined SHA-1 Policies to SHA-256

The predefined policies listed in this section use SHA-1 for hashing digital signatures. This hashing algorithm might not meet your current or future security needs, as outlined in the NIST Special Publication 800-131A, "Transitions: Recommendation for Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths".

If you use any of these policies, Oracle recommends that you:

  1. Use the predefined policy as a template to create a custom policy. See Creating and Using a Custom Policy File for information on creating a custom policy file.

    The policy files are located in ORACLE_HOMEoracle_common/modules/com.oracle.webservices.wls.wls-soap-stack-impl.jar. Within com.oracle.webservices.wls.wls-soap-stack-impl.jar, the policy files are located in /weblogic/wsee/policy/runtime.

  2. Edit the custom policy to change the algorithm suite to SHA-256. To do this, change the algorithm suite inside the policy.

    From:

    <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
    <wsp:Policy>
    <sp:Basic256/>
    </wsp:Policy>
    </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
    

    To:

    <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
    <wsp:Policy>
    <sp:Basic256Sha256/>
    </wsp:Policy>
    </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
    
  3. Use the custom policy in your web service.
  4. Edit the client-side policy to match. The client and web service must use the same hashing algorithm; <AlgorithmSuite> must be the same on both sides. Otherwise, the web service rejects the request message sent from the client.
SAML Policies

The following predefined policies use the SHA-1 algorithm. Change them as described in this section to instead use SHA-256.

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-Bearer-Wss1.1.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-HolderOfKey-Wss1.0.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-HolderOfKey-Wss1.1-Asymmetric.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-HolderOfKey-Wss1.1-IssuedToken.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.0.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-Bearer-Wss1.1.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-HolderOfKey-Wss1.1-Asymmetric.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-HolderOfKey-Wss1.1-IssuedToken.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1-Asymmetric.xml

Wss1.0 Policies

The following predefined policies use the SHA-1 algorithm. Change them as described in this section to instead use SHA-256.

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Digest-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Digest-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-X509-EncryptRequest-SignResponse.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-X509-SignRequest-EncryptResponse.xml

Wss1.1 Policies

The following predefined policies use the SHA-1 algorithm. Change them as described in this section to instead use SHA-256.

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-DK-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Digest-DK.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Digest-EncryptedKey.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Digest-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-DK.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-DK.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-DK-X509-Endorsing.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-DK.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-X509-EncryptRequest-SignResponse.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-X509-SignRequest-EncryptResponse.xml

Secure Conversation Policies

The following predefined policies use the SHA-1 algorithm. Change them as described in this section to instead use SHA-256.

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-BasicAuth.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-ClientCertReq.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-Saml1.1-Bearer.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-UNT.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-Saml1.1-Bearer.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-Saml1.1-SenderVouches.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-Saml1.1-SenderVouches.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-Saml2.0-Bearer.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

Using the Extended Algorithm Suite (EAS)

When using digital signatures, the WebLogic Server web service security policies include a set of policies that support an Extended Algorithm Suite (EAS) as required by the FIPS-140-2 certification. You can attach one of these EAS policies to your web service when FIPS 140-2 certification is required. Alternatively, if one of the policies do not satisfy the requirements of your environment, you can edit the algorithm suite in an existing policy and use that instead.

The standard algorithm suites supported in WebLogic Server web services policies, and the abbreviations used in the algorithm suite tables, are defined in the WS-SecurityPolicy 1.3 specification, which is available at http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/v1.3/errata01/os/ws-securitypolicy-1.3-errata01-os-complete.html#_Toc325573605.

The extended algorithm suite policies, such as Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Eas256.xml, use a stronger hash algorithm of SHA-256 and stronger signature method algorithm.  

Table 2-3 lists the symmetric signature (Sym Sig) and asymmetric signature (Asym Sig) values, and the associated algorithm URIs, for the extended algorithm suite policies. 

Table 2-3 Extended Algorithm Suite Signature Values

Property Algorithm           Value/Abbreviation                            Algorithm URI                     
[Sym Sig]  HmacSha256            http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#hmac-sha256
[Asym Sig] RsaSha256               http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha256

The XML signatures for RSA-SHA256 and HMAC-SHA256 are defined in the w3c XML Security Algorithm Cross-Reference specification, which is available at:

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlsec-algorithms/.

Table 2-4 lists the algorithm suites for the extended algorithm suite policies.

Table 2-4 Algorithm Suites for Extended Algorithm Suite Policies

Algorithm Suite Digest Encryption Symmetric Key Wrap Asymmetric Key Wrap Encrypted Key Derivation Symmetric Signature Asymmetric Signature Signature Key Derivation Minimum Signature Key Length

Basic256Exn256

Sha256

Aes256

KwAes256

KwRsaOaep

PSha1L256

HmacSha256

RsaSha256

PSha1L192

256

Basic192Exn256

Sha256

Aes192

KwAes192

KwRsaOaep

PSha1L192

HmacSha256

RsaSha256

PSha1L192

192

Basic128Exn256

Sha256

Aes128

KwAes128

KwRsaOaep

PSha1L128

HmacSha256

RsaSha256

PSha1L128

128

TripleDesExn256

Sha256

TripleDes

KwTripleDes

KwRsaOaep

PSha1L192

HmacSha256

RsaSha256

PSha1L192

192

Basic256Exn256Rsa15

Sha256

Aes256

KwAes256

KwRsa15

PSha1L256

HmacSha256

RsaSha256

PSha1L192

256

Basic192Exn256Rsa15

Sha256

Aes192

KwAes192

KwRsa15

PSha1L192

HmacSha256

RsaSha256

PSha1L192

192

Basic128Exn256Rsa15

Sha256

Aes128

KwAes128

KwRsa15

PSha1L128

HmacSha256

RsaSha256

PSha1L128

128

TripleDesExn256Rsa15

Sha256

TripleDes

KwTripleDes

KwRsa15

PSha1L192

HmacSha256

RsaSha256

PSha1L192

192

The predefined web service security policies select which specific algorithm they use in the <sp:AlgorithmSuite> element.

Note:

The extended algorithm suite policies can also be used in non-FIPS mode for increased security. However, since they use their own namespace for the algorithm suite, there may be interoperability issues with other platforms, if the target platform does not support the extended algorithm suite assertion. Consider the following before using the extended algorithm suite policies:
  • If you have web services that require FIPS 140-2 certification, then use the EAS policies.

  • If you have new web services that do not need to interoperate with other platforms but you want increased security, you can use the EAS policies.

For all other web services, you need to assess the security risk, interoperability, and backward compatibility before converting any policy to an EAS policy.
You can either use the EAS policies as is or identify an existing policy without EAS and modify the algorithm suite as shown:
  1. Use an existing policy to create a custom policy, see Creating and Using a Custom Policy File.
    The policy files are located in ORACLE_HOME/oracle_common/modules/com.oracle.webservices.wls.wls-soap-stack-impl.jar. Within com.oracle.webservices.wls.wls-soap-stack-impl.jar, the policy files are located in /weblogic/wsee/policy/runtime.
  2. Edit the custom policy to change the algorithm suite to FIPS-140-2. To do this, change the algorithm suite inside the policy.
    From
    <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
    <wsp:Policy>
    <sp:Basic256Sha256/>
    </wsp:Policy>
    </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
    To
    <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
    <wsp:Policy>
    <orasp:Basic256Exn256 xmlns:orasp="http://schemas.oracle.com/ws/2006/01/securitypolicy"/>
    </wsp:Policy>
    </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
  3. Use the custom policy in your web service.
  4. Edit the client-side policy to match. The client and web service must use the same hashing algorithm; <AlgorithmSuite> must be the same on both sides. Otherwise, the web service rejects the request message sent from the client.

Configuring Simple Message-Level Security

This section describes how to configure simple message-level security for the web services security runtime, a particular WebLogic web service, and a client application that invokes an operation of the web service. In this document, simple message-level security is defined as follows:

  • The message-secured web service uses the predefined WS-SecurityPolicy files to specify its security requirements, rather than a user-created WS-SecurityPolicy file. See Using Policy Files for Message-Level Security Configuration for a description of these files.

  • The web service makes its associated security policy files publicly available by attaching them to its deployed WSDL, which is also publicly visible.

  • The web services runtime uses the out-of-the-box private key and X.509 certificate pairs, store in the default keystores, for its encryption and digital signatures, rather than its own key pairs. These out-of-the-box pairs are also used by the core WebLogic Server security subsystem for SSL and are provided for demonstration and testing purposes. For this reason Oracle highly recommends you use your own keystore and key pair in production. To use key pairs other than out-of-the-box pairs, see Using Key Pairs Other Than the Out-Of-The-Box SSL Pair.

    Note:

    If you plan to deploy the web service to a cluster in which different WebLogic Server instances are running on different computers, you must use a keystore and key pair other than the out-of-the-box ones, even for testing purposes. The reason is that the key pairs in the default WebLogic Server keystore, DemoIdentity.jks, are not guaranteed to be the same across WebLogic Servers running on different machines.

    If you were to use the default keystore, the WSDL of the deployed web service would specify the public key from one of these keystores, but the invoke of the service might actually be handled by a server running on a different computer, and in this case the server's private key would not match the published public key and the invoke would fail. This problem only occurs if you use the default keystore and key pairs in a cluster, and is easily resolved by using your own keystore and key pairs.

  • The client invoking the web service uses a username token to authenticate itself, rather than an X.509 token.

  • The client invoking the web service is a stand-alone Java application, rather than a module running in WebLogic Server.

Later sections describe some of the preceding scenarios in more detail, as well as additional web services security uses cases that build on the simple message-level security use case.

It is assumed in the following procedure that you have already created a JWS file that implements a WebLogic web service and you want to update it so that the SOAP messages are digitally signed and encrypted. It is also assumed that you use Ant build scripts to iteratively develop your web service and that you have a working build.xml file that you can update with new information. Finally, it is assumed that you have a client application that invokes the non-secured web service. If these assumptions are not true, see:

Configuring Simple Message-Level Security: Main Steps

To configure simple message-level security for a WebLogic web service:

  1. Update your JWS file, adding WebLogic-specific @Policy and @Policies JWS annotations to specify the predefined policy files that are attached to either the entire web service or to particular operations.

    See Updating the JWS File with @Policy and @Policies Annotations, which describes how to specify any policy file.

  2. Recompile and redeploy your web service as part of the normal iterative development process.

    See Developing WebLogic Web Services in Developing JAX-WS Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server and Developing WebLogic Web Services in Developing JAX-RPC Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  3. Create a keystore used by the client application. Oracle recommends that you create one client keystore per application user.

    You can use the Cert Gen utility or keytool utility (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/keytool.html) to perform this step. For development purposes, the keytool utility is the easiest way to get started.

    See Obtaining Private Keys, Digital Signatures, and Trusted Certificate Authorities in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  4. Create a private key and digital certificate pair, and load it into the client keystore. The same pair will be used to both digitally sign the client's SOAP request and encrypt the SOAP responses from WebLogic Server.

    Make sure that the certificate's key usage allows both encryption and digital signatures. Also see Ensuring That WebLogic Server Can Validate the Client's Certificate for information about how WebLogic Server ensures that the client's certificate is valid.

    Note:

    Oracle requires a key length of 1024 bits or larger.

    You can use the Keytool utility (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/keytool.html) to perform this step.

    See Obtaining Private Keys, Digital Signatures, and Trusted Certificate Authorities in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  5. Using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, create users for authentication in your security realm.
  6. Update your client application by adding the Java code to invoke the message-secured web service.
  7. Recompile your client application.

Ensuring That WebLogic Server Can Validate the Client's Certificate

You must ensure that WebLogic Server is able to validate the X.509 certificate that the client uses to digitally sign its SOAP request, and that WebLogic Server in turn uses to encrypt its SOAP responses to the client. Do one of the following:

  • Ensure that the client application obtains a digital certificate that WebLogic Server automatically trusts, because it has been issued by a trusted certificate authority.

  • Create a certificate registry that lists all the individual certificates trusted by WebLogic Server, and then ensure that the client uses one of these registered certificates.

See SSL Certificate Validation in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

Updating the JWS File with @Policy and @Policies Annotations

Use the @Policy and @Policies annotations in your JWS file to specify that the web service has one or more policy files attached to it. You can use these annotations at either the class or method level.

Note:

If you specify a transport-level security policy for your web service, it must be at the class level.

In addition, the transport-level security policy must apply to both the inbound and outbound directions. That is, you cannot have HTTPS for inbound and HTTP for outbound.

See Loading a Policy From the CLASSPATH for an additional policy option.

The @Policies annotation simply groups two or more @Policy annotations together. Use the @Policies annotation if you want to attach two or more policy files to the class or method. If you want to attach just one policy file, you can use @Policy on its own.

The @Policy annotation specifies a single policy file, where it is located, whether the policy applies to the request or response SOAP message (or both), and whether to attach the policy file to the public WSDL of the service.

Setting the uri Attribute

Use the uri attribute to specify the location of the policy file, as described below:

  • To specify one of the predefined security policy files that are installed with WebLogic Server, use the policy: prefix and the name of one of the policy files, as shown in the following example:

    @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Https-BasicAuth.xml")
    

    If you use the predefined policy files, you do not have to create one yourself or package it in an accessible location. For this reason, Oracle recommends that you use the predefined policy files whenever you can.

    See Using Policy Files for Message-Level Security Configuration for information on the various types of message-level security provided by the predefined policy files.

  • To specify a user-created policy file, specify the path (relative to the location of the JWS file) along with its name, as shown in the following example:

    @Policy(uri="../policies/MyPolicy.xml")
    

    In the example, the MyPolicy.xml file is located in the policies sibling directory of the one that contains the JWS file.

  • You can also specify a policy file that is located in a shared Java EE library; this method is useful if you want to share the file amongst multiple web services packaged in different Java EE archives.

    Note:

    In this case, it is assumed that the policy file is in the META-INF/policies or WEB-INF/policies directory of the shared Java EE library. Be sure, when you package the library, that you put the policy file in this directory.

    To specify a policy file in a shared Java EE library, use the policy prefix and then the name of the policy file, as shown in the following example:

    @Policy(uri="policy:MySharedPolicy.xml")
    

    See Creating Shared Java EE Libraries and Optional Packages in Developing Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server for information on creating shared libraries and setting up your environment so the web service can find the shared policy files.

Setting Additional Attributes

You can also set the following attributes of the @Policy annotation:

  • direction specifies whether the policy file should be applied to the request (inbound) SOAP message, the response (outbound) SOAP message, or both. The default value if you do not specify this attribute is both. The direction attribute accepts the following values:

    • Policy.Direction.both

    • Policy.Direction.inbound

    • Policy.Direction.outbound

  • attachToWsdl specifies whether the policy file should be attached to the WSDL file that describes the public contract of the web service. The default value of this attribute is false.

Example of Using the @Policy and @Policies JWS Annotations

The following example shows how to use the @Policy and @Policies JWS annotations, with the relevant sections shown in bold:

Example 2-1 Using @Policy and @Policies Annotations

package wssp12.wss10;

import weblogic.jws.WLHttpTransport; 
import weblogic.jws.Policy; 
import weblogic.jws.Policies; 

import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.Oneway;

/**
 * This web service demonstrates how to use WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2
 * to enable message-level security specified in WS-Security 1.0.
 * 
 * The service authenticates the client with a username token. 
 * Both the request and response messages are signed and encrypted with X509
 certificates.
 *  
*/
@WebService(name="Simple", targetNamespace="http://example.org") 
@WLHttpTransport(contextPath="/wssp12/wss10", 
 serviceUri="UsernameTokenPlainX509SignAndEncrypt") 
@Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml") 
public class UsernameTokenPlainX509SignAndEncrypt {

  @WebMethod
  @Policies({ 
      @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml"), 
      @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml")}) 
  public String echo(String s) {

    return s;
  }

  @WebMethod
  @Policies({ 
      @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml"), 
      @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Sign-Wsa-Headers.xml")}) 
  public String echoWithWsa(String s) {
    return s;
  }

  @WebMethod
  @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml", 
 direction=Policy.Direction.inbound) 
  @Oneway 
  public void echoOneway(String s) {
    System.out.println("s = " + s);
  }

  @WebMethod
  @Policies({
      @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-X509-Basic256.xml", 
direction=Policy.Direction.inbound),
      @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml", 
direction=Policy.Direction.inbound) 
  })
  @Oneway
  public void echoOnewayX509(String s) {
    System.out.println("X509SignEncrypt.echoOneway: " + s);
  }
}

The following section of the example is the binding policy for the web service, specifying the policy:

@WebService(name="Simple", targetNamespace="http://example.org")
@WLHttpTransport(contextPath="/wssp12/wss10",
 serviceUri="UsernameTokenPlainX509SignAndEncrypt")
@Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml")

In the example, security policy files are attached to the web service at the method level. The specified policy files are those predefined with WebLogic Server, which means that the developers do not need to create their own files or package them in the corresponding archive.

The Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml policy file specifies that the body and WebLogic system headers of both the request and response SOAP message be digitally signed. The Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml policy file specifies that the body of both the request and response SOAP messages be encrypted.

Loading a Policy From the CLASSPATH

This release of WebLogic Server includes a 'load policy as resource from CLASSPATH' feature. This feature allows you to copy a policy file to the root directory of your Web application and then reference it directly by its name (for example, mypolicy.xml') from an @POLICY annotation in your JWS file.

To enable this feature, start WebLogic Server with -Dweblogic.wsee.policy.LoadFromClassPathEnabled=true

If you enable this feature, be aware of the following caveat: If you were to then move the policy file to the WEB-INF/policies directory, the same 'mypolicy.xml' reference in the @POLICY annotation will no longer work. You would need to add the policy prefix to the @POLICY annotation; for example, 'policy:mypolicy.xml'.

Using Key Pairs Other Than the Out-Of-The-Box SSL Pair

In the simple message-level configuration procedure, documented in Configuring Simple Message-Level Security, it is assumed that the web services runtime uses the private key and X.509 certificate pair that is provided out-of-the-box with WebLogic Server; this same key pair is also used by the core security subsystem for SSL and is provided mostly for demonstration and testing purposes. In production environments, the web services runtime typically uses its own two private key and digital certificate pairs, one for signing and one for encrypting SOAP messages.

The following procedure describes the additional steps you must take to enable this use case.

  1. Obtain two private key and digital certificate pairs to be used by the web services runtime. One of the pairs is used for digitally signing the SOAP message and the other for encrypting it.

    Although not required, Oracle recommends that you obtain two pairs that will be used only by WebLogic web services. You must also ensure that both of the certificate's key usage matches what you are configuring them to do. For example, if you are specifying that a certificate be used for encryption, be sure that the certificate's key usage is specified as for encryption or is undefined. Otherwise, the web services security runtime will reject the certificate.

    Note:

    Oracle requires that the key length be 1024 bits or larger.

    You can use the Cert Gen utility or the keytool utility (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/keytool.html) to perform this step. For development purposes, the keytool utility is the easiest way to get started.

    See Obtaining Private Keys, Digital Signatures, and Trusted Certificate Authorities in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  2. Create, if one does not currently exist, a custom identity keystore for WebLogic Server and load the private key and digital certificate pairs you obtained in the preceding step into the identity keystore.

    If you have already configured WebLogic Server for SSL, then you have already created an identity keystore that you can also use in this step.

    You can use WebLogic's ImportPrivateKey utility and the keytool utility (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/keytool.html) to perform this step. For development purposes, the keytool utility is the easiest way to get started.

    See Creating a Keystore and Creating a Keystore Using ImportPrivateKey in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  3. Using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, configure WebLogic Server to locate the keystore you created in the preceding step. If you are using a keystore that has already been configured for WebLogic Server, you do not need to perform this step.

    See Configuring Keystores for Production in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  4. Using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, create the default web service security configuration, which must be named default_wss. The default web service security configuration is used by all web services in the domain unless they have been explicitly programmed to use a different configuration.

    See Create a Web Service Security Configuration in the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help.

  5. Update the default web services security configuration you created in the preceding step to use one of the private key and digital certificate pairs for digitally signing SOAP messages.

    See Specify the key pair used to sign SOAP messages in Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help. In the procedure, when you create the properties used to identify the keystore and key pair, enter the exact value for the Name of each property (such as IntegrityKeyStore, IntegrityKeyStorePassword, and so on), but enter the value that identifies your own previously-created keystore and key pair in the Value fields.

  6. Similarly, update the default web services security configuration you created in a preceding step to use the second private key and digital certificate pair for encrypting SOAP messages.

    See Specify the key pair used to encrypt SOAP messages in Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help. In the procedure, when you create the properties used to identify the keystore and key pair, enter the exact value for the Name of each property (such as ConfidentialityKeyStore. ConfidentialityKeyStorePassword, and so on), but enter the value that identifies your own previously-created keystore and key pair in the Value fields.

Updating a Client Application to Invoke a Message-Secured Web Service

When you update your Java code to invoke a message-secured web service, you must load a private key and digital certificate pair from the client's keystore and pass this information, along with a username and password for user authentication if so required by the security policy, to the secure WebLogic web service being invoked.

If the security policy file of the web service specifies that the SOAP request must be encrypted, then the web services client runtime automatically gets the server's certificate from the policy file that is attached to the WSDL of the service, and uses it for the encryption. If, however, the policy file is not attached to the WSDL, or the entire WSDL itself is not available, then the client application must use a client-side copy of the policy file; for details, see Using a Client-Side Security Policy File.

Example 2-2 shows a Java client application under JAX-RPC that invokes the message-secured WebLogic web service described by the JWS file in Updating the JWS File With the Security-Related Annotations. The client application takes five arguments:

  • Client username for client authentication

  • Client password for client authentication

  • Client private key file

  • Client digital certificate

  • WSDL of the deployed web service

The security-specific code in the sample client application is shown in bold (and described after the example):

Example 2-2 Client Application Invoking a Message-Secured Web Service Under JAX-RPC

package examples.webservices.security_jws.client;
import weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager; 
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider; 
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext; 
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider; 
import weblogic.wsee.security.unt.ClientUNTCredentialProvider; 
import javax.xml.rpc.Stub;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
/**
 *  Copyright © 1996, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 
 *  All rights reserved.
 */
public class SecureHelloWorldClient {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
    //username or password for the UsernameToken
    String username = args[0]; 
    String password = args[1]; 
    //client private key file
    String keyFile = args[2]; 
    //client certificate
    String clientCertFile = args[3]; 
    String wsdl = args[4];
    SecureHelloWorldService service = new SecureHelloWorldService_Impl(wsdl + "?WSDL" );
    SecureHelloWorldPortType port = service.getSecureHelloWorldServicePort();
    //create credential provider and set it to the Stub
    List credProviders = new ArrayList(); 
    //client side BinarySecurityToken credential provider -- x509
    CredentialProvider cp = new ClientBSTCredentialProvider(clientCertFile, keyFile); 
    credProviders.add(cp); 
    //client side UsernameToken credential provider
    cp = new ClientUNTCredentialProvider(username, password); 
    credProviders.add(cp); 
    Stub stub = (Stub)port;
    stub._setProperty(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders); 
    stub._setProperty(WSSecurityContext.TRUST_MANAGER, 
      new TrustManager(){ 
         public boolean certificateCallback(X509Certificate[] chain, int validateErr){ 
           return true; 
         }
       } );
    String response = port.sayHello("World");
    System.out.println("response = " + response);
  }
}

The main points to note about the preceding code are:

  • Import the WebLogic security TrustManager API:

    import weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager;
    
  • Import the following WebLogic web services security APIs to create the needed client-side credential providers, as specified by the policy files that are associated with the web service:

    import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider;
    import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext;
    import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider;
    import weblogic.wsee.security.unt.ClientUNTCredentialProvider;
    
  • Use the ClientBSTCredentialProvider WebLogic API to create a binary security token credential provider from the client's certificate and private key:

     CredentialProvider cp = 
        new ClientBSTCredentialProvider(clientCertFile, keyFile);
    
  • Use the ClientUNTCredentialProvider WebLogic API to create a username token from the client's username and password, which are also known by WebLogic Server:

    cp = new ClientUNTCredentialProvider(username, password);
    
  • Use the WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST property to pass a List object that contains the binary security and username tokens to the JAX-RPC Stub:

    stub._setProperty(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders)
    

    For JAX-WS, you might code this as follows:

    import javax.xml.ws.BindingProvider;
    :
    Map<String, Object> requestContext = ((BindingProvider) port).getRequestContext();
    requestContext.put(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders);
    
  • Use the weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager WebLogic security API to verify that the certificate used to encrypt the SOAP request is valid. The web services client runtime gets this certificate from the deployed WSDL of the web service, which in production situations is not automatically trusted, so the client application must ensure that it is okay before it uses it to encrypt the SOAP request:

    stub._setProperty(WSSecurityContext.TRUST_MANAGER,
          new TrustManager(){
             public boolean certificateCallback(X509Certificate[] chain, int validateErr){
               return true;
             }
           } );
    

    For JAX-WS, you might code this as follows:

    requestContext.put(WSSecurityContext.TRUST_MANAGER,
         new TrustManager() {
             public boolean certificateCallback(X509Certificate[] chain,
    int validateErr) {
               return true;
             }
           });
    

    This example shows the TrustManager API on the client side. The web service application must implement proper verification code to ensure security.

Example 2-3 shows the same Java client application under JAX-WS that invokes the message-secured web service. The JAX-WS specific code in the sample client application is shown in bold.

Example 2-3 Client Application Invoking a Message-Secured Web Service under JAX-WS

package examples.webservices.security_jaxws.client;
import weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext;
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.security.unt.ClientUNTCredentialProvider;
import javax.xml.ws.BindingProvider;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;/**
 *  Copyright © 1996, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 
 *  All rights reserved.
 */
public class SecureHelloWorldJaxwsClient {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
      //username or password for the UsernameToken
      String username = args[0];
      String password = args[1];
      //client private key file
      String keyFile = args[2];
      //client certificate
      String clientCertFile = args[3];
      String wsdl = args[4];
      SecureHelloWorldService service = new SecureHelloWorldService_Impl(wsdl + "?WSDL" );
      SecureHelloWorldPortType port = service.getSecureHelloWorldServicePort(); 
      //create credential provider and set it to the request context
      List credProviders = new ArrayList();
      //client side BinarySecurityToken credential provider -- x509
      CredentialProvider cp = new ClientBSTCredentialProvider(clientCertFile, keyFile);
      credProviders.add(cp);
      //client side UsernameToken credential provider
      cp = new ClientUNTCredentialProvider(username, password);
      credProviders.add(cp);
      Map<String, Object> requestContext = ((BindingProvider) port).getRequestContext();
      requestContext.put(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders);
      requestContext.put(WSSecurityContext.TRUST_MANAGER, new TrustManager() {
          public boolean certificateCallback(X509Certificate[] chain,
            int validateErr) {
           // need to validate if the server cert can be trusted
           return true;
         }
      });
      String response = port.sayHello("World");
      System.out.println("response = " + response);
    }
}

Invoking a Web Service From a Client Running in a WebLogic Server Instance

In the simple web services configuration procedure, described in Configuring Simple Message-Level Security, it is assumed that a stand-alone client application invokes the message-secured web service. Sometimes, however, the client is itself running in a WebLogic Server instance, as part of an EJB, a servlet, or another web service. In this case, you can use the core WebLogic Server security framework to configure the credential providers and trust manager so that your EJB, servlet, or JWS code contains only the simple invoke of the secured operation and no other security-related API usage.

The following procedure describes the high level steps you must perform to make use of the core WebLogic Server security framework in this use case.

  1. In your EJB, servlet, or JWS code, invoke the web service operation as if it were not configured for message-level security. Specifically, do not create a CredentialProvider object that contains username or X.509 tokens, and do not use the TrustManager core security API to validate the certificate from the WebLogic Server hosting the secure web service. The reason you should not use these APIs in your client code is that the web services runtime will perform this work for you.
  2. Using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, configure the required credential mapping providers of the core security of the WebLogic Server instance that hosts your client application. The list of required credential mapper providers depends on the policy file that is attached to the web service you are invoking. Typically, you must configure the credential mapper providers for both username/password and X.509 certificates. See Valid Class Names and Token Types for Credential Provider for the possible values.

    Note:

    WebLogic Server includes a credential mapping provider for username/passwords and X.509. However, only username/password is configured by default.

  3. Using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, create the actual credential mappings in the credential mapping providers you configured in the preceding step. You must map the user principal, associated with the client running in the server, to the credentials that are valid for the web service you are invoking. See Configuring a WebLogic Credential Mapping Provider in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.
  4. Using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, configure the core WebLogic Server security framework to trust the X.509 certificate of the invoked web service. See Configuring the Certificate Lookup and Validation Framework in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

You are not required to configure the core WebLogic Server security framework, as described in this procedure, if your client application does not want to use the out-of-the-box credential provider and trust manager. Rather, you can override all of this configuration by using the same APIs in your EJB, servlet, and JWS code as in the stand-alone Java code described in Using a Client-Side Security Policy File. However, using the core security framework standardizes the WebLogic Server configuration and simplifies the Java code of the client application that invokes the web service.

Example of Adding Security to a JAX-WS Web Service

This section provides a simple example of adding security to a JAX-WS web service. The example attaches four policies:

  • Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml

  • Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml

  • Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey-Basic128.xml

  • Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic128.xml

The examples include extensive inline comments in the code.

Example 2-4 shows the web service code.

Note:

This web service implements attachToWsdl=false, and therefore the web service client needs to load a client-side version of the policy, as shown in Example 2-5.

Example 2-4 Web Service SignEncrypt.java

package signencrypt;
 
import java.io.File;
 
import weblogic.jws.Policies;
import weblogic.jws.Policy;
import weblogic.jws.security.WssConfiguration;
 
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.xml.ws.BindingType;
import javax.xml.ws.soap.MTOM;
 
import com.sun.xml.ws.developer.SchemaValidation;
 
/**
 *
 * Webservice which accepts a SOAP Message which is Signed And
 *         Encrypted Uses the WS-Policy 1.2
 */
 
 
@WebService(name = "SignEncrypt", portName = "SignEncryptPort", serviceName =
"SignEncrypt", targetNamespace = "http://signencrypt")
@BindingType(value = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/http")
// Domain Level WebserviceSecurity Configuration
@WssConfiguration(value = "Basic-UNT")
@MTOM()
//@SchemaValidation
 
public class SignEncrypt {
 
  @Policies( {
  @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml", attachToWsdl=false),
      @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml", attachToWsdl=false),
    /*
     * WSS 1.1 X509 with symmetric binding and authentication with plain-text
     * Username Token which is encrypted and signed using the Symmetric key
     */
    /* Use Basic-UNT WssConfiguration */
      @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey-Basic128.xml",
attachToWsdl=false)
  /*
   * The client side public certificate and private key is not required in 
   * this scenario. Username token with plain text password is sent in the
   * request for authentication, and signed and encrypted with the symmetric 
   * key. The symmetric key is encrypted by the server's public key. The client 
   * also signs and encrypts the request header elements and body with the 
   * symmetric key. The server signs and encrypts the response body with the 
   * symmetric key. Both request and response messages include the signed time
   * stamps. The encryption method is Basic128.
   */
  /* Use untx509webservicesecurity WssConfiguration */
 
  /*
   * @Policy(uri =
   * "policy:Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic128.xml")
   */})
  @WebMethod()
  public String echoString(String input) {
    String result = "[SignEncrypt.echoString]: " + input;
    System.out.println(result);
    return result;
  }
 
   @WebMethod()
  public String echoStringWithoutSecurity(String input) {
    String result = "[SignEncrypt.echoString]: " + input;
    System.out.println(result);
    return result;
  }
 
  @WebMethod()
  public byte[] echoStringAsByteArray(String data) {
    System.out.println("echoByteArray data: " + data);
    byte[] output = data.getBytes();
    System.out.println("Output Length : " + output.length + " Output: " + output.toString());
    return data.getBytes();
  }
 
   @Policies( {
  @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml", attachToWsdl=false),
      @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml", attachToWsdl=false),
    /*
     * WSS 1.1 X509 with symmetric binding and authentication with plain-text
     * Username Token which is encrypted and signed using the Symmetric key
     */
    /* Use Basic-UNT WssConfiguration */
      @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey-Basic128.xml",
attachToWsdl=false)
  /*
   * The client side public certificate and private key is not required in 
   * this scenario. Username token with plain text password is sent in the
   * request for authentication, and signed and encrypted with the symmetric 
   * key. The symmetric key is encrypted by the server's public key. The client 
   * also signs and encrypts the request header elements and body with the 
   * symmetric key. The server signs and encrypts the response body with the 
   * symmetric key. Both request and response messages include the signed time
   * stamps. The encryption method is Basic128.
   */
  /* Use untx509webservicesecurity WssConfiguration */
 
  /*
  * @Policy(uri =
  * "policy:Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic128.xml")
  */})
 @WebMethod()
 public byte[] echoByteArrayWithSecurity(byte[] inputData) {
   System.out.println("echoByteArrayWithSecurity data: " + inputData.length + " bytes");
   return inputData;
 }
 
 @WebMethod()
 public byte[] echoByteArray(byte[] inputData) {
   System.out.println("echoByteArray data: " + inputData);
   return inputData;
 }
 
 @WebMethod()
 public DataHandler getDataHandler(String fileName) {
 
   DataHandler handler = null;
   try {
   File file = new File(fileName);
   System.out.println("file: " + file.getCanonicalPath() + ", " +  file.getPath());
 
   FileDataSource fileDataSource = new FileDataSource(file);
   handler = new DataHandler(fileDataSource);
 
   } catch(Exception e) {
     System.out.println("Error Creating Data Handelr:  " + e.getMessage());
   }
 
   return handler;
 
  }
 
 
  @WebMethod()
 @Policies( {
   @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml", attachToWsdl=false),
   @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml", attachToWsdl=false),
   /*
    * WSS 1.1 X509 with symmetric binding and authentication with plain-text
    * Username Token which is encrypted and signed using the Symmetric key
    */
   /* Use Basic-UNT WssConfiguration */
       @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey-Basic128.xml", attachToWsdl=false)
  /*
   * The client side public certificate and private key is not required in 
   * this scenario. Username token with plain text password is sent in the
   * request for authentication, and signed and encrypted with the symmetric 
   * key. The symmetric key is encrypted by the server's public key. The client 
   * also signs and encrypts the request header elements and body with the 
   * symmetric key. The server signs and encrypts the response body with the 
   * symmetric key. Both request and response messages include the signed time
   * stamps. The encryption method is Basic128.
   */
 /* Use untx509webservicesecurity WssConfiguration */
  /*
  * @Policy(uri =
  * "policy:Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic128.xml")
  */})
 public DataHandler getDataHandlerWithSecurity(String fileName) {
 
   DataHandler handler = null;
   try {
   File file = new File(fileName);
   System.out.println("file: " + file.getCanonicalPath() + ", " +  file.getPath());
 
   FileDataSource fileDataSource = new FileDataSource(file);
   handler = new DataHandler(fileDataSource);
 
   } catch(Exception e) {
     System.out.println("Error Creating Data Handelr:  " + e.getMessage());
   }
 
   return handler;
 
 }
 
}

As noted, the web service implements attachToWsdl=false, and therefore the web service client needs to load a client-side version of the policy. Example 2-5 shows an example of using the weblogic.jws.jaxws.ClientPolicyFeature class to load client-side policies.

The example includes extensive inline comments.

Example 2-5 SOAClient.java

package signencrypt.client;
import weblogic.jws.jaxws.ClientPolicyFeature;
import weblogic.jws.jaxws.policy.InputStreamPolicySource;
import weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager;
import weblogic.wsee.policy.runtime.BuiltinPolicyFinder;
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.StubPropertyBSTCredProv;
import weblogic.wsee.security.unt.ClientUNTCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.security.util.CertUtils;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider;
 
import soa.client.Bpelprocess1ClientEp;
import soa.client.BPELProcess1;
 
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
 
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.ws.BindingProvider;
import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceFeature;
import javax.xml.ws.soap.MTOMFeature;
 
public class SOAClient {
 
  private final static boolean debug = true;
 
  private final static String endpointURL =
    "http://....com:8001/soa-infra/services/default/soa/bpelprocess1_client_ep";
  private final static String certsDir = "C:/webservices/server/keystores";
 
  private final static String serverKeyStoreName = "default-keystore.jks";
  private final static String serverKeyStorePass = "...";
  private final static String serverCertAlias = "alice";
  private final static String serverKeyPass = "...";
 
  private final static String username = "weblogic";
  private final static String password = "...";
 
  private final static String fileName =
    "C:/webservices/farallon/owsm-interop/mtom.JPG";
 
  private final static String outputFileName =
    "C:/webservices/farallon/owsm-interop/output.jpg";
 
  private final static String[] clientPolicyFileNames =
    {
      "./policy/Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey-Basic128.xml",
      "./policy/Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml",
      "./policy/Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml" };
 
  private BPELProcess1 port = null;
 
  /**
   * Create the Stub/Port and set the Stub/Port with Client Side Security Policy
   * Feature and MTOM Feature.
   * @throws Exception
   */
 
  private void createStubWithClientPolicy() throws Exception {
 
    URL url = new URL(endpointURL + "?WSDL");
 
    QName serviceName =
      new QName("http://xmlns.oracle.com/SOASecurity/soa/BPELProcess1",
        "bpelprocess1_client_ep");
 
    Bpelprocess1ClientEp service = new Bpelprocess1ClientEp(url, serviceName);
 
    QName operationName =
      new QName("http://xmlns.oracle.com/SOASecurity/soa/BPELProcess1", "process");
 
    ClientPolicyFeature policyFeature = new ClientPolicyFeature();
 
    // Set the Client Side Policy on the operation with QName <operationName>
 
policyFeature.setEffectivePolicyForOperation(operationName, new
InputStreamPolicySource(getPolicyInputStreamArray(clientPolicyFileNames)
));
    MTOMFeature mtomFeature = new MTOMFeature();
 
    WebServiceFeature[] features = { policyFeature, mtomFeature };
    // WebServiceFeature[] features = { mtomFeature };
    //WebServiceFeature[] features = {policyFeature};
 
    port = service.getBPELProcess1Pt(features);
  }
 
  /**
  * Setup the Client Port/Stub used to invoke the webservice with Security
  *
  * @throws Exception
  */
 private void setUp() throws Exception {
   createStubWithClientPolicy();
   /**
    * Get the Server Public Certificate to Encrypt the Symmetric Key or the
    * SOAP Message
    */
   /**
    * Get the Server Public Certificate to Verify the Signature of the
    * Symmetric Key or the SOAP Message
    */
    X509Certificate serverCert =
     (X509Certificate) CertUtils.getCertificate(
       certsDir + "/" + serverKeyStoreName, serverKeyStorePass,
       serverCertAlias, "JKS").get(0);
   List<CredentialProvider> credProviders =
     new ArrayList<CredentialProvider>();
   /*
    * Set up UserNameToken
    */
   credProviders.add(new ClientUNTCredentialProvider(username.getBytes(),
     password.getBytes()));
   Map<String, Object> rc = ((BindingProvider) port).getRequestContext();
    /*
    * For Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey-Basic128.xml
    * there is no need to specify the client side public certificate and
    * private key as this is a symmetric key use case. serverCert is used to
    * encrypt the Symmetric Key/Keys
    */
   rc.put(StubPropertyBSTCredProv.SERVER_ENCRYPT_CERT, serverCert);
   rc.put(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders);
   rc.put(WSSecurityContext.TRUST_MANAGER, new TrustManager() {
     public boolean certificateCallback(X509Certificate[] chain,
       int validateErr) {
       // need to validate if the server cert can be trusted
       System.out.println("Validating Server Certificate");
       return true;
     }
   });
 
  }
 /**
  * Returns an array of InputStreams of the policy files
  *
  * @param policyNames
  * @return array of InputStreams of Policy's
  * @throws FileNotFoundException
  */
 private InputStream[] getPolicyInputStreamArray(String[] policyNames)
   throws FileNotFoundException {
   InputStream[] inpStreams = new InputStream[policyNames.length];
   for (int k = 0; k < policyNames.length; k++) {
     System.out.println("policy name: " + policyNames[k]);
     inpStreams[k] = getPolicyInputStream(policyNames[k]);
   }
   return inpStreams;
 }
  /**
  * Returns an InputStream of the policy file
  *
  * @param myPolicyName
  * @return
  * @throws FileNotFoundException
  */
 private InputStream getPolicyInputStream(String myPolicyName)
   throws FileNotFoundException {
   return new FileInputStream(myPolicyName);
 }
 /**
  * Invoke the webservice at endpointURL
  *
 (http://....:9003/soa-infra/services/default/soa/bpelprocess1_client_ep)
  *
  * @throws Exception
  */
 private void invokeProcess() throws Exception {
   InputStream inputstream = null;
   OutputStream outputstream = null;
   try {
 
     File file = new File(fileName);
     File outputFile = new File(outputFileName);
 
     inputstream = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
     int bytesAvailable = -1;
     int counter = 0;
     int bytesRead = 0;
     int fileSize = (int) file.length();
 
     byte[] fileInBytes = new byte[fileSize];
 
     bytesRead = inputstream.read(fileInBytes);
     System.out.println("bytesRead: " + bytesRead + ", fileSize: " + fileSize + "
fileInBytes: " + fileInBytes.length);
 
     byte[] result = port.process(fileInBytes);
     /*byte[] input = "Hello".getBytes();
     System.out.println("input length : "+ input.length);
 
     byte[] result = port.process(input);*/
     if (!outputFile.exists()) {
       outputFile.createNewFile();
     }
 
     outputstream = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outputFile));
 
     if (result != null) {
       System.out.println("Result Length: " + result.length);
     } else {
       System.out.println("result is null");
     }
     outputstream.write(result);
 
     // System.out.println(result);
   } catch (Exception e) {
     System.out.println("Error Creating Data Handler:  " + e.getMessage());
   } finally {
 
     if (inputstream != null) {
       inputstream.close();
     }
 
    if (outputstream != null) {
       outputstream.close();
     }
   }
 }
 public static void main(String[] args) {
   try {
     SOAClient client = new SOAClient();
     client.setUp();
     //client.createStubWithClientPolicy();
     client.invokeProcess();
   } catch (Exception e) {
     System.out.println("Error calling SOA Webservice: " + e.getMessage());
     if (debug) {
       e.printStackTrace();
     }
   }
 }
}

Creating and Using a Custom Policy File

Although WebLogic Server includes a number of predefined web services security policy files that typically satisfy the security needs of most programmers, you can also create and use your own WS-SecurityPolicy file if you need additional configuration. See Using Policy Files for Message-Level Security Configuration for general information about security policy files and how they are used for message-level security configuration.

Note:

Use of element-level security always requires one or more custom policy files to specify the particular element path and name to be secured.

When you create a custom policy file, you can separate out the three main security categories (authentication, encryption, and signing) into three separate policy files, as do the predefined files, or create a single policy file that contains all three categories. You can also create a custom policy file that changes just one category (such as authentication) and use the predefined files for the other categories (Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml, Wssp1.2-SignBody.xml and Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody, Wssp1.2-EncryptBody). In other words, you can mix and match the number and content of the policy files that you associate with a web service. In this case, however, you must always ensure yourself that the multiple files do not contradict each other.

Your custom policy file needs to comply with the standard format and assertions defined in WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2. Note, however, that this release of WebLogic Server does not completely implement WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2. See Unsupported WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Assertions. The root element of your WS-SecurityPolicy file must be <Policy>.

The following namespace declaration is recommended in this release:

<wsp:Policy
xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702"
>
. . .
</wsp:Policy>

WLS also supports other namespaces for Security Policy. For example, the following two namespaces are also supported:

<wsp:Policy
xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512"
>
. . .
</wsp:Policy>

or

<wsp:Policy
xmlns:wsp="http://www.w3.org/ns/ws-policy"
xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702"
>
. . .
</wsp:Policy>

You can also use the predefined WS-SecurityPolicy files as templates to create your own custom files.

Configuring the WS-Trust Client

WebLogic Server implements a WS-Trust client that retrieves security tokens from a Security Token Service (STS) for use in Web Services Security. This WS-Trust client is used internally by the client side WebLogic Server web service runtime.

You can configure the WS-Trust client as follows:

  • Through properties on the web service client stub for a standalone web service client.

  • Through MBean properties for a web service client running on the server.

In releases prior to 10g Release 3 (10.3) of WebLogic Server, the WS-Trust client could use only security tokens from an STS that was co-located with a web service and hosted by WebLogic Server. However, the STS now need only be accessible to the WS-Trust client; it does not need to be co-located.

The WS-Trust client in prior releases supported only WS-SecureConversation tokens. It now also supports SAML tokens.

Supported Token Types

Web Service Secure Conversation Language (WS-SecureConversation) and SAML tokens are supported. The tokens have the following namespace and URI:

  • For WS-SecureConversation 1.3:

    http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-secureconversation/200512
    http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-secureconversation/200512/sct
    
  • For WS-SecureConversation 1.2:

    http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc
    http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc/sct
    
  • For SAML 1.1:

    urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:assertion
    

    Supported confirmation method are sender-vouches, holder-of-key, and bearer. Symmetric holder-of-key is not supported.

  • For SAML 2.0:

    urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion
    

    Supported confirmation methods are sender-vouches, holder-of-key and bearer. Symmetric holder-of-key is not supported.

Configuring WS-Trust Client Properties

You set some of the configuration properties specifically for the WS-Trust client; others are determined through configuration information generally present for a web service client. For example, the type of token retrieved is determined by the security policy of the web service that the web service client is invoking.

The properties that you can explicitly set and the token type they apply to are as follows.

  • STS URI (WS-SecureConversation and SAML)

  • STS security policy (SAML)

  • STS SOAP version (SAML)

  • STS WS-Trust version (SAML)

  • STS Server Certificate (SAML)

This section describes the following topics:

Obtaining the URI of the Secure Token Service

There are three sources from which the WS-Trust client can obtain the URI of the secure token service (STS). The order of precedence is as follows:

  • The URI for the STS, as contained in the sp:Issuer/wsa:Address element of the token assertion in the web service's security policy.

  • A configured STS URI.

  • The co-located STS URI. This is the default if there is no other source (WS-SecureConversation only).

Note:

The URI for the STS, as contained in the sp:IssuedToken/sp:Issuer/wsa:Address element of the token assertion in the web service's security policy is supported on the STS URI only for getting the SAML token, and is not supported for getting the Secure Conversation token in this release.

For example, the following assertion for STS URI is not supported for obtaining the Secure Conversation token (SCT):

<sp:IssuedToken
IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
<sp:Issuer>
<a:Address>http://example.com/STS</a:Address>
</sp:Issuer>
. . .
</sp:IssuedToken>
Configuring STS URI for WS-SecureConversation: Standalone Client

For WS-SecureConversation, if the STS is co-located with the service there is no need to configure the STS URI. However, when the STS and the service do not share the same port, for example the service uses an HTTP port and the STS uses an HTTPs port, you need to configure the STS URI.

The following code example demonstrates setting the STS URI on a client stub under JAX-RPC. The example assumes that the location of the STS URI is already known to the client.

String wsdl = "http://myserver/wsscsecuredservice?wsdl";
WsscSecuredService service = new WsscSecuredService_Impl(wsdl);
WsscSecured port = service.getWsscSecuredSoapPort(); 
Stub stub = (Stub) port; 
String sts = "https://myserver/wsscsecuredservice";
stub._setProperty(weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_WSSC, sts);

The following code example demonstrates setting the STS URI on a client stub under JAX-WS.

String wsdl = "http://myserver/wsscsecuredservice?wsdl";
WsscSecuredService service = new WsscSecuredService_Impl(wsdl);
String sts = "https://myserver/wsscsecuredservice";
WsscSecured port = service.getWsscSecuredSoapPort();
BindingProvider provider = (BindingProvider) port;
Map context = provider.getRequestContext(); 
context.put(weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_WSSC, sts)
Configuring STS URI for SAML: Standalone Client

When the STS is used for retrieving the SAML token, the STS is not co-located with the service and there is no default STS URI. You must configure the STS URI in this case.

The following code example demonstrates setting the STS URI for SAML on a client stub under JAX-RPC. The example assumes that the location of the STS URI is already known to the client.

String wsdl = "http://myserver/wssecuredservice?wsdl";
WssecuredService service = new  WsSecuredService_Impl(wsdl);
WsSecured port = service.getWsSecuredSoapPort(); 
Stub stub = (Stub) port; 
String sts = "https://stsserver/standaloneSTS/saml/STS";
stub._setProperty(weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_SAML, sts);

The following code example demonstrates setting the STS URI for SAML on a client stub under JAX-WS.

String wsdl = "http://myserver/wsssecuredservice?wsdl";
WsSecuredService service = new WsSecuredService_Impl(wsdl);
String sts = "https://stsserver/standaloneSTS/saml/STS";
WsscSecured port = service.getWsSecuredSoapPort();
BindingProvider provider = (BindingProvider) port;
Map context = provider.getRequestContext(); 
context.put(weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_SAML, sts)
Configuring STS URI Using WLST: Client On Server Side

Example 2-6 demonstrates using the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) to create a credential provider for the WS-Trust client and then configuring the STS URI, as indicated by bold text.

The provider class name can be one of the following:

  • weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v200502.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider

  • weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v13.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider

  • weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLTrustCredentialProvider

Example 2-6 Configuring STS URI Using WLST

userName = sys.argv[1]
passWord = sys.argv[2]
host = sys.argv[3]+":"+sys.argv[4] 
sslhost = sys.argv[3]+":"+sys.argv[5] 
url="t3://"+ host connect(userName, passWord, url) 
edit() 
startEdit() 
defaultWss = cmo.lookupWebserviceSecurity('default_wss') 
#Create credential provider for SCT Trust Client 
wtm = defaultWss.createWebserviceCredentialProvider('trust_client_sct_cp') 
wtm.setClassName('weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v13.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider') 

wtm.setTokenType('sct_trust')  
cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('StsUri') 
cpm.setValue("https://" + sslhost + "/standaloneSTS/wssc13/STS") 
save() 
activate(block="true") 
disconnect() 
exit() 
Configuring STS URI Using Console: Client On Server Side

Configuring the STS URI through the WebLogic Server Administration Console allows the decision about which URI to use to be made at runtime, and not during the web service development cycle.

Follow these steps to configure the STS URI through the Console:

  1. Create a web services security configuration, as described in the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help. This creates an empty configuration.

  2. Edit the web services security configuration to create a credential provider, as described in the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help:

    • On the Create Credential Provider tab, enter the following:

      • A provider name, which is your name for this MBean instance.

      • The provider class name, which can be

        weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v200502.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider

        or

        weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v13.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider

        or

        weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLTrustCredentialProvider
        
      • The token type, which is a short name to identify the token. For example, sct or saml.

  3. Select Next.

  4. Enter the name/value pairs for the STS URI.

  5. Select Finish.

  6. On the Security Configuration General tab, set the value of the Default Credential Provider STS URI.

    The Default Credential Provider STS URL is the default STS endpoint URL for all WS-Trust enabled credential providers of this web service security configuration.

Configuring STS Security Policy: Standalone Client

The following code example demonstrates setting the STS security policy on a client stub, under JAX-RPC, as indicated in bold.

import weblogic.wsee.message.WlMessageContext;
. . .
String wsdl = "http://myserver/samlsecuredservice?wsdl";
SamlSecuredService service = new SamlSecuredService_Impl(wsdl);
SamlSecured port = service.getSamlSecuredSoapPort(); 
Stub stub = (Stub) port; 
InputStream policy = loadPolicy();
stub._setProperty(WlMessageContext.WST_BOOT_STRAP_POLICY, policy);  

The following code example demonstrates setting the STS security policy on a client stub, under JAX-WS, as indicated in bold.

import weblogic.wsee.message.WlMessageContext;
. . .
String wsdl = "http://myserver/wsssecuredservice?wsdl";
WsSecuredService service = new WsSecuredService_Impl(wsdl);
WsscSecured port = service.getWsSecuredSoapPort();
BindingProvider provider = (BindingProvider) port;
Map context = provider.getRequestContext();
InputStream policy = loadPolicy();
context._setProperty(WlMessageContext.WST_BOOT_STRAP_POLICY, policy); 
Configuring STS Security Policy Using WLST: Client On Server Side

Example 2-7 demonstrates using WLST to create a credential provider for the default web services security configuration, and then configuring the STS security policy, as indicated by bold text. The value for the StsPolicy property must be either a policy included in WebLogic Server (see Using WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Policy Files) or a custom policy file in a Java EE library (see Creating and Using a Custom Policy File).

Example 2-7 Configuring STS Security Policy Using WLST

userName = sys.argv[1]
passWord = sys.argv[2]
host = sys.argv[3]+":"+sys.argv[4]
sslhost = sys.argv[3]+":"+sys.argv[5]
samlstsurl = sys.argv[6]
url="t3://"+ host
print "Connect to the running adminSever"
connect(userName, passWord, url)
edit()
startEdit()
defaultWss = cmo.lookupWebserviceSecurity('default_wss')

#Create credential provider for SAML Trust Client

wtm = defaultWss.createWebserviceCredentialProvider('trust_client_saml_cp')
wtm.setClassName('weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLTrustCredentialProvider')
wtm.setTokenType('saml_trust')
cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('StsUri')
cpm.setValue(samlstsurl) 
cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('StsPolicy') 
cpm.setValue("Wssp1.2-2007-Https-UsernameToken-Plain") 
save()
activate(block="true")
disconnect()
exit() 
Configuring STS Security Policy: Using the Console

Perform the following steps to configure the STS security policy using the console:

  1. Create a web services security configuration, as described in the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help. This creates an empty configuration.

  2. Edit the web services security configuration to create a credential provider, as described in the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help:

    • On the Create Credential Provider tab, enter the following:

      • A provider name, which is your name for this MBean instance.

      • The provider class name, which can be

        weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v200502.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider

        or

        weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v13.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider

        or

        weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLTrustCredentialProvider
        
      • The token type, which is a short name to identify the token. For example, sct or saml.

  3. Select Next.

  4. Enter the name/value pairs for the STS policy.

  5. Select Finish.

Configuring the STS SOAP and WS-Trust Version: Standalone Client

For a SAML STS, you need to configure the WS-Trust version only if it is not the default (WS-Trust 1.3). The supported values for WSEESecurityConstants.TRUST_VERSION are as follows:

You also need to configure the SOAP version if it is different from the SOAP version of the target web service for which you generated the standalone client. (See Interface SOAPConstants (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/xml/soap/SOAPConstants.html) for the definitions of the constants.) The supported values for WSEESecurityConstants.TRUST_SOAP_VERSION are as follows:

Example 2-8 shows an example of setting the WS-Trust and SOAP versions.

Example 2-8 Setting the WS-Trust and SOAP Versions

// set WS-Trust version
stub._setProperty(WSEESecurityConstants.TRUST_VERSION, "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512");
// set SOAP version
stub._setProperty(WSEESecurityConstants.TRUST_SOAP_VERSION, SOAPConstants.URI_NS_SOAP_1_1_ENVELOPE);
Configuring the SAML STS Server Certificate: Standalone Client

For a SAML STS, you need to configure the STS server X.509 certificate if you use a message-level policy to protect the request and response between the STS server and the WS-Trust client. (If you use a transport-level policy, you do not need to configure the STS server certificate.)

Example 2-9 shows an example of setting the STS server certificate under JAX-RPC, assuming the location of the STS sever certificate is known.

Example 2-9 Setting STS Server Certificate under JAX-RPC

// import 
import weblogic.wsee.security.util.CertUtils;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub;
. . .
 
// get X509 Certificate 
String stsCertLocation = "../../cert/WssIP.cer";
X509Certificate stsCert = CertUtils.getCertificate(stsCertLocation);
// set STS Server Cert 
stub._setProperty(WLStub.STS_ENCRYPT_CERT,stsCert);

Example 2-10 shows the same example of setting the STS server certificate under JAX-WS. The JAX-WS specific code in the example is shown in bold.

Example 2-10 Setting STS Server Certificate under JAX-WS

// import 
import weblogic.wsee.security.util.CertUtils;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub;
. . .
 
// get X509 Certificate 
String stsCertLocation = "../../cert/WssIP.cer";
X509Certificate stsCert = CertUtils.getCertificate(stsCertLocation);
// set STS Server Cert
context.put(WLStub.STS_ENCRYPT_CERT,stsCert);

Sample WS-Trust Client for SAML 2.0 Bearer Token Over HTTPS

You can configure a client application to use WS-Trust to retrieve the SAML 2.0 bearer token from STS, and then use the SAML token for authentication on the bootstrap message on secure conversation.

In this scenario, transport-level message protection is used for WS-Trust message exchange between a client and the SAML STS, as well as the bootstrap message on secure conversation. A public key and private key are not required for this standalone client.

The policy for the service side is similar to the predefined WS-Policy file Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-UNT.xml, except the following <sp:SupportingTokens> is used in the policy instead:

<sp:SupportingTokens>
   <wsp:Policy>
      <sp:SamlToken
sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
         <wsp:Policy>
              <sp:WssSamlV20Token11/>
         </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:SamlToken>
   </wsp:Policy>
</sp:SupportingTokens>

The policy that is used to protect the WS-Trust message between the WS-Trust client and the remote STS server is a copy of the packaged security policy file Wssp1.2-2007-Https-UsernameToken-Plain.xml, which uses username token for authentication in transport-level message protection.

Note:

When using transport-level security policy to protect the bootstrap message of secure conversation, the WS-Trust messages exchanged between the WS-Trust client and the remote STS must also use transport-level security policy to protect the WS-Trust messages.

When invoking the web service from the client, it is similar to a standard client application that invokes a message-secured web service, as described in "Using a Client-Side Security Policy File". The major difference is that you need to configure two STS endpoints: one for the retrieved SAML token, and another for getting the Security Context Token (SCT) for Secure Conversation.

Example 2-11 shows a simple example of a client application invoking a web service under JAX-WS that is retrieving a SAML token via WS-Trust. It is associated with a security policy that enables secure conversations by using HTTPS transport-level protection. The sections in bold are relevant to security contexts and are described after the example:

Example 2-11 Client Application Using WS-Trust and WS-SecureConversation with HTTPS

package examples.webservices.samlwsschttps.client;
 
import weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager;
import weblogic.wsee.message.WlMessageContext;
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLTrustCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.security.unt.ClientUNTCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub;
import weblogic.wsee.security.util.CertUtils;
import com.sun.xml.ws.developer.MemberSubmissionAddressingFeature;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import javax.xml.ws.*;
import javax.xml.namespace.*;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
 
public class TravelAgencyClient {
 
  public static final String STS_POLICY = "StsHttpsUntPolicy.xml";
  static {
    HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new MyHostnameVerifier());
    try {
      String defaultTrustStore = new File(TravelAgencyClient.class.getResource("/cacerts").getFile()).getCanonicalPath();
      System.out.println("Default trustStore:\t" + defaultTrustStore);
      System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", defaultTrustStore);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.printf("can't find default trusted keystore");
    }
   }
 
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
      TravelAgencyClient client  = new TravelAgencyClient();
      String wsscStsURL = System.getProperty("wsscStsURL");
      System.out.println("WSSC StS URL \t" + wsscStsURL);                                                      
      String samlStsURL = System.getProperty("samlStsURL");
      System.out.println("StS URL \t" + samlStsURL);
      String hotelWsdlURL = System.getProperty("hotelWsdlURL");
      System.out.println("Hotel Service WSDL URL \t" + hotelWsdlURL);
 
      String hotelResult = client.callWsscHotelService("Travel Agency client to Hotel Service", wsscStsURL,hotelWsdlURL, samlStsURL);
      System.out.println("Hotel Service return value: -->"+hotelResult);
  }
 
  public String callWsscHotelService(String hello,
                     String wsscStsURL,
                     String hotelWsdlURL,
                     String samlStsURL) throws Exception{
 
    HotelService service = new HotelService(new URL(hotelWsdlURL),
            new QName("http://wsinterop.org/samples", "HotelService"));
 
    IHotelService port = service.getIHotelServicePort(new MemberSubmissionAddressingFeature());
 
    BindingProvider provider = (BindingProvider)port;
    this.configurePort(provider, wsscStsURL, samlStsURL);
 
    try {
          // for securie conversation, it can call twice
      String s1 = port.getName(hello);
      String s2 = port.getName(hello + " --- " + s1) ;
      WSSCClientUtil.terminateWssc((BindingProvider)port);
      return s2;
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
      throw new RuntimeException("fail to call the remote hotel service!", ex);
    }
  }
 
 private void configurePort(BindingProvider provider, String wsscStsURL, String samlStsURL) throws Exception {
 
    Map context = provider.getRequestContext();
    InputStream policy = getPolicy(STS_POLICY);
    context.put(WlMessageContext.WST_BOOT_STRAP_POLICY, policy);
    if (null != wsscStsURL) {
        context.put(WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_WSSC, wsscStsURL);
    }
    context.put(WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_SAML, samlStsURL);
    context.put(WSSecurityContext.TRUST_MANAGER,
        new TrustManager() {
          public boolean certificateCallback(X509Certificate[] chain,
                                             int validateErr) {
            // need to validate if the server cert can be trusted
            return true;
          }
        });
    List credProviders = buildCredentialProviderList();
    context.put(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders);

    context.put(com.sun.xml.ws.developer.JAXWSProperties.HOSTNAME_VERIFIER, new MyHostnameVerifier());
  }
 
  private static List buildCredentialProviderList() throws Exception  {
    List credProviders = new ArrayList();
    credProviders.add(new SAMLTrustCredentialProvider());
    credProviders.add(getClientUNTCredentialProvider());
    return credProviders;
  }
  private static CredentialProvider getClientUNTCredentialProvider() throws Exception {
    String username = System.getProperty("target.username", "Alice");
    String password = System.getProperty("target.password", "Password1");
    return new ClientUNTCredentialProvider(username.getBytes(),
        password.getBytes());
  }
  private  InputStream getPolicy(String policyName) {
    String resName = '/' + this.getClass().getPackage().getName().replace('.', '/') + '/' + policyName;
    InputStream  stsPolicy = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(resName);
    if(stsPolicy == null)    {
        throw new RuntimeException("STS policy is not correctly set!");
    }
    return stsPolicy;
  }
  public static class MyHostnameVerifier implements javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier {
      public boolean verify(String hostname, javax.net.ssl.SSLSession session) {
        return(true);
     }
    }      
} 

Note the following points in this example:

  • Configure the policy for message protection between the remote STS and WS-Trust client:

    context.put(WlMessageContext.WST_BOOT_STRAP_POLICY, policy);

  • The bootstrap is protected by transport-level policy, and you need to set the STS endpoint address for secure conversation:

    context.put(WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_WSSC, wsscStsURL);

  • Set the STS endpoint address for SAML STS:

    context.put(WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_SAML, samlStsURL);

  • For transport-level protection, you need to configure the hostname verifier:

    context.put(com.sun.xml.ws.developer.JAXWSProperties.HOSTNAME_VERIFIER, new MyHostnameVerifier());

  • Set the SAML Trust Credential Provider to handle the remote SAML token retrieval:

    credProviders.add(new SAMLTrustCredentialProvider());

  • Set the client user name token provider to use the client's user name and password to exchange the SAML token via the WS-Trust call:

    credProviders.add(getClientUNTCredentialProvider());

Sample WS-Trust Client for SAML 2.0 Bearer Token with WSS 1.1 Message Protections

Similar to Example 2-11, you can configure a client application to use WS-Trust to retrieve the SAML 2.0 bearer token from STS, and then use the SAML token for authentication on the bootstrap message on secure conversation. However, instead of using HTTPS transport-level message protection, it uses WS-Security 1.1 message-level protection, and HTTPS configuration is not required.

In this scenario, the STS server's X.509 certificate is used to protect the WS-Trust message exchange between the client and the SAML STS, and the server's X.509 certificate is used to protect the bootstrap message on secure conversation. A public key and private key are not required for this standalone client.

The policy for the service side is similar to the packaged WS-Policy file Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml, except that it uses a SAML 2.0 token for authentication in the bootstrap message instead of the client's X.509 certificate. That is, it uses a <sp:SignedSupportingTokens> assertion with a SAML token inside the policy instead of using a <sp:SignedEndorsingSupportingTokens> assertion.

The entire secure conversation policy is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702"
xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
  <sp:SymmetricBinding>
    <wsp:Policy>
      <sp:ProtectionToken>
        <wsp:Policy>
          <sp:SecureConversationToken
sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
            <wsp:Policy>
              <sp:RequireDerivedKeys/>
              <sp:BootstrapPolicy>
                <wsp:Policy>
                  <sp:SignedParts>
                    <sp:Body/>
                    <sp:Header Namespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                  </sp:SignedParts>
                  <sp:EncryptedParts>
                    <sp:Body/>
                  </sp:EncryptedParts>
                  <sp:SymmetricBinding>
                    <wsp:Policy>
                      <sp:ProtectionToken>
                        <wsp:Policy>
                          <sp:X509Token
sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702/IncludeToken/Never">
                            <wsp:Policy>
                              <sp:RequireDerivedKeys/>
                              <sp:RequireThumbprintReference/>
                              <sp:WssX509V3Token11/>
                            </wsp:Policy>
                          </sp:X509Token>
                        </wsp:Policy>
                      </sp:ProtectionToken>
                      <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
                        <wsp:Policy>
                          <sp:Basic256/>
                        </wsp:Policy>
                      </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
                      <sp:Layout>
                        <wsp:Policy>
                          <sp:Lax/>
                        </wsp:Policy>
                      </sp:Layout>
                      <sp:IncludeTimestamp/>
                      <sp:OnlySignEntireHeadersAndBody/>
                    </wsp:Policy>
                  </sp:SymmetricBinding>
                  <sp:SignedSupportingTokens>
                    <wsp:Policy>
                      <sp:SamlToken
  sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702/
IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
                        <wsp:Policy>
                          <sp:WssSamlV20Token11/>
                        </wsp:Policy>
                      </sp:SamlToken>
                    </wsp:Policy>
                  </sp:SignedSupportingTokens>
                  <sp:Wss11>
                    <wsp:Policy>
                      <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier/>
                      <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial/>
                      <sp:MustSupportRefThumbprint/>
                      <sp:MustSupportRefEncryptedKey/>
                      <sp:RequireSignatureConfirmation/>
                    </wsp:Policy>
                  </sp:Wss11>
                </wsp:Policy>
              </sp:BootstrapPolicy>
            </wsp:Policy>
          </sp:SecureConversationToken>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:ProtectionToken>
      <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
        <wsp:Policy>
          <sp:Basic256/>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
      <sp:Layout>
        <wsp:Policy>
          <sp:Lax/>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:Layout>
      <sp:IncludeTimestamp/>
      <sp:ProtectTokens/>
      <sp:OnlySignEntireHeadersAndBody/>
    </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:SymmetricBinding>
  <sp:Wss11>
    <wsp:Policy>
      <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier/>
      <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial/>
      <sp:MustSupportRefThumbprint/>
      <sp:MustSupportRefEncryptedKey/>
      <sp:RequireSignatureConfirmation/>
    </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Wss11>
  <sp:Trust13>
    <wsp:Policy>
      <sp:MustSupportIssuedTokens/>
      <sp:RequireClientEntropy/>
      <sp:RequireServerEntropy/>
    </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Trust13>
</wsp:Policy>  

The policy that is used to protect the WS-Trust message between the WS-Trust client and the remote STS server is a copy of packaged security policy Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey.xml, which uses the username token for authentication and WS-Security 1.1 message-level security.

The entire security policy is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy" xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
  <sp:SymmetricBinding>
    <wsp:Policy>
      <sp:ProtectionToken>
        <wsp:Policy>
          <sp:X509Token
sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702/IncludeToken/Never">
            <wsp:Policy>
              <sp:RequireThumbprintReference/>
              <sp:WssX509V3Token11/>
            </wsp:Policy>
          </sp:X509Token>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:ProtectionToken>
      <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
        <wsp:Policy>
          <sp:Basic256/>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
      <sp:Layout>
        <wsp:Policy>
          <sp:Lax/>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:Layout>
      <sp:IncludeTimestamp/>
      <sp:OnlySignEntireHeadersAndBody/>
    </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:SymmetricBinding>
  <sp:SignedEncryptedSupportingTokens>
    <wsp:Policy>
      <sp:UsernameToken
sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
        <wsp:Policy>
          <sp:WssUsernameToken10/>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:UsernameToken>
    </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:SignedEncryptedSupportingTokens>
  <sp:Wss11>
    <wsp:Policy>
      <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier/>
      <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial/>
      <sp:MustSupportRefThumbprint/>
      <sp:MustSupportRefEncryptedKey/>
      <sp:RequireSignatureConfirmation/>
    </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Wss11>
  <sp:SignedParts>
    <sp:Header Namespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"/>
    <sp:Header Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
    <sp:Body/>
  </sp:SignedParts>
  <sp:EncryptedParts>
    <sp:Body/>
  </sp:EncryptedParts>
</wsp:Policy>  

Note:

When using message-level security policy to protect the bootstrap message of secure conversation, the WS-Trust messages exchanged between the WS-Trust client and the remote STS must also use message-level security policy to protect the WS-Trust messages. Mixing transport- and message-level security policy is not supported.

When invoking a web service from the WS-Trust client, the configurations are mostly similar to the previous example. The major differences are:

  • You need to configure two encryption certificates: one is the certificate of the STS for SAML token retrieval, and the other is the certificate for the server.

  • Configuring the service STS endpoint address for secure conversation is not required. When the bootstrap message is not protected by transport-level security, by default the STS endpoint address is the same as the service endpoint address for security conversation.

  • The SSL configuration is not required.

Example 2-12 shows a simple example of a client application invoking a web service under JAX-WS that is retrieving a SAML token via WS-Trust. It is associated with a security policy that enables secure conversations by using WS-Security 1.1 message-level security. The sections in bold are relevant to security contexts and are described after the example:

Example 2-12 Client Application Using WS-Trust and WS-SecureConversation without HTTPS

package examples.webservices.samlwssc.client;
 
import weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager;
import weblogic.wsee.message.WlMessageContext;
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLTrustCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.security.unt.ClientUNTCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub;
import weblogic.wsee.security.util.CertUtils;
import weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.utils.WSSCClientUtil;
import com.sun.xml.ws.developer.MemberSubmissionAddressingFeature;
 
. . .
 
public class TravelAgency1Client {
 
    public static final String STS_POLICY = "StsWss11UntPolicy.xml";
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        TravelAgencyClient client = new TravelAgencyClient();
        String stsURL = System.getProperty("stsURL");
        System.out.println("StS URL \t" + stsURL);
 
        String hotelWsdlURL = System.getProperty("hotelWsdlURL");
        System.out.println("Hotel Service WSDL URL \t" + hotelWsdlURL);
        String hotelResult = client.callWsscHotelService("Travel Agency client to Hotel Service", stsURL, hotelWsdlURL);
        System.out.println("Hotel Service return value: -->" + hotelResult);
    }
 
    public String callWsscHotelService(String hello,
                                       String stsurl,
                                       String hotelWsdlURL) throws Exception {
 
        HotelService service = new HotelService(new URL(hotelWsdlURL),
                new QName("http://wsinterop.org/samples", "HotelService"));
 
        IHotelService port = service.getIHotelServicePort(new MemberSubmissionAddressingFeature());
 
        BindingProvider provider = (BindingProvider) port;
        this.configurePort(provider, stsurl);
 
        try {
            // for secure conversation, it can call twice
            String s1 = port.getName(hello);
            String s2 = port.getName(hello + " --- " + s1);
            WSSCClientUtil.terminateWssc((BindingProvider)port);
            return s2;
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            throw new RuntimeException("fail to call the remote hotel service!", ex);
        }
    }
 
    private void configurePort(BindingProvider provider, String stsurl) throws Exception {
 
        Map context = provider.getRequestContext();
        InputStream policy = getPolicy(STS_POLICY);
        context.put(WlMessageContext.WST_BOOT_STRAP_POLICY, policy);
        context.put(WLStub.WST_STS_ENDPOINT_ON_SAML, stsurl);
        context.put(WLStub.STS_ENCRYPT_CERT, getStsCert());
        context.put(WLStub.SERVER_ENCRYPT_CERT, getServerCert());
        List credProviders = buildCredentialProviderList();
        context.put(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders);
        context.put(WLStub.POLICY_COMPATIBILITY_PREFERENCE, WLStub.POLICY_COMPATIBILITY_MSFT);
    }
 
    private static List buildCredentialProviderList() throws Exception {
        List credProviders = new ArrayList();
        credProviders.add(new SAMLTrustCredentialProvider());
        credProviders.add(getClientUNTCredentialProvider());
        return credProviders;
    }
 
	. . .
 
    private static X509Certificate getServerCert() throws Exception {
        String defaultServerCert = new File(
TravelAgency1Client.class.getResource("/Bob.cer").getFile()).getCanonicalPath();
        String certName = System.getProperty("target.serverCert",
		 defaultServerCert);
        X509Certificate cert = CertUtils.getCertificate(certName);
        return cert;
    }
}  

Note the following points in this example:

  • Configure the STS Server certificate for message protection between the remote STS and WS-Trust client:

    context.put(WLStub.STS_ENCRYPT_CERT, getStsCert());

  • Configure the STS Server certificate for message protection of the bootstrap message of secure conversation:

    context.put(WLStub.SERVER_ENCRYPT_CERT, getServerCert());

  • Optionally, if the service is a Microsoft .NET WCF service, then set the WLStub.POLICY_COMPATIBILITY_PREFERENCE flag to WLStub.POLICY_COMPATIBILITY_MSFT for interoperability:

    context.put(WLStub.POLICY_COMPATIBILITY_PREFERENCE, WLStub.POLICY_COMPATIBILITY_MSFT);

Configuring and Using Security Contexts and Derived Keys

Oracle provides the following predefined WS-SecurityPolicy files to configure security contexts and derived keys:

  • WS-SecureConversation 1.2 (2005/2) specification:

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Https.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

  • WS-SecureConversation 1.3 versions of the WS-SecureConversation 1.2 (2005/2) policy files:

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

  • Additional WS-SecureConversation 1.3 policy files:

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-BasicAuth.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-ClientCertReq.xml

  • WS-SecureConversation 1.4 policies:

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256Sha256.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-Saml1.1-SenderVouches.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-Saml1.1-SenderVouches.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-Saml2.0-Bearer.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey.xml

It is recommended that you use the predefined files if you want to configure security contexts, because these security policy files provide most of the required functionality and typical default values. See WS-SecureConversation Policies.

Note:

If you are deploying a web service that uses shared security contexts to a cluster, then you are required to also configure cross-cluster session state replication. See Failover and Replication in a Cluster in Administering Clusters for Oracle WebLogic Server.

Code or configure your application to use the policy through policy annotations, policy attached to the application's WSDL, or runtime policy configuration.

Specification Backward Compatibility

WebLogic web services implement the Web Services Trust (WS-Trust 1.3) and Web Services Secure Conversation (WS-SecureConversation 1.3) specifications. Take note of the following differences from the WS-SecureConversation version of 02/2005:

  • The Web Services Secure Conversation (WS-SecureConversation 1.3) specification requires a token service to return wst:RequestedSecurityToken to the initiating party in response to a wst:RequestSecurityToken. One or more wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponse elements are contained within a single wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection.

    This differs from the previous version of the specification, in which wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponse was returned by the token service.

    The token service can return wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponse if the service policy specifies the SC10SecurityContextToken, as described in the next bullet item.

  • The WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Errata document describes the following change to SecureConversationToken Assertion:

    <sp:SC10SecurityContextToken />

    changes to

    <sp:SC13SecurityContextToken />

    sp:SC10SecurityContextToken continues to be supported only when used with the WS-SecureConversation version of 02/2005.

WS-SecureConversation and Clusters

WS-SecureConversation is pinned to a particular WebLogic Server instance in the cluster. If a SecureConversation request lands in the wrong server, it is automatically rerouted to the correct server. If the server instance hosting the WS-SecureConversation fails, the SecureConversation will not be available until the server instance is brought up again.

Updating a Client Application to Negotiate Security Contexts

A client application that negotiates security contexts when invoking a web service is similar to a standard client application that invokes a message-secured web service, as described in Using a Client-Side Security Policy File. The only real difference is that you can use the weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.utils.WSSCClientUtil API to explicitly cancel the secure context token.

You can configure the SCT expiration value by setting SCT lifetime property. The SCT expiration value is then used to time out the SCT. When the timeout is reached, the web services runtime on the client side automatically renews the SCT. The web services runtime automatically cancels the unused secure context token when the timeout is reached.

Note:

WebLogic Server provides the WSSCCLientUtil API for your convenience only; the web services runtime automatically cancels the secure context token when the configured timeout is reached. Use the API only if you want to have more control over when the token is cancelled.

Example 2-13 shows a simple example of a client application invoking a web service under JAX-RPC that is associated with a predefined security policy file that enables secure conversations; the sections in bold that are relevant to security contexts are discussed after the example:

Example 2-13 Client Application Using WS-SecureConversation

package examples.webservices.wssc.client;
import weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext;
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider;
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.StubPropertyBSTCredProv;
import weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.utils.WSSCClientUtil; 
import weblogic.wsee.security.util.CertUtils;
import javax.xml.rpc.Stub;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

/**
 * Copyright © 1996, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 
 * All rights reserved.
 */
public class WSSecureConvClient {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {

    String clientKeyStore = args[0];
    String clientKeyStorePass = args[1];
    String clientKeyAlias = args[2];
    String clientKeyPass = args[3];
    String serverCert = args[4];
    String wsdl = args[5];

    WSSecureConvService service = new WSSecureConvService_Impl(wsdl);
    WSSecureConvPortType port = service.getWSSecureConvServicePort();

    //create credential provider and set it to the Stub
    List credProviders = new ArrayList();

    //use x509 to secure wssc handshake
    credProviders.add(new ClientBSTCredentialProvider(clientKeyStore,
clientKeyStorePass, clientKeyAlias, clientKeyPass));

    Stub stub = (Stub)port;

    stub._setProperty(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders);
    stub._setProperty(StubPropertyBSTCredProv.SERVER_ENCRYPT_CERT, CertUtils.getCertificate(serverCert)); 
    stub._setProperty(WlMessageContext.SCT_LIFETIME_PROPERTY, new Long( 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000L)); 
// set to 2 hrs (Default is 30 minutes.)

    stub._setProperty(WSSecurityContext.TRUST_MANAGER,
        new TrustManager(){
          public boolean certificateCallback(X509Certificate[] chain, int validateErr){
            //need to validate if the server cert can be trusted
            return true;
          }
        }
    );

    System.out.println (port.sayHelloWithWSSC("Hello World, once"));
    System.out.println (port.sayHelloWithWSSC("Hello World, twice"));
    System.out.println (port.sayHelloWithWSSC("Hello World, thrice"));

    //cancel SecureContextToken after done with invocation
    WSSCClientUtil.terminateWssc(stub); 
    System.out.println("WSSC terminated!"); 

  }
}

The points to notice in the preceding example are:

  • Import the WebLogic API used to explicitly terminate the secure context token:

    import weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.utils.WSSCClientUtil;
  • Set a property on the JAX-RPC stub that specifies that the client application must encrypt its request to WebLogic Server with the given WebLogic Server's public key:

    stub._setProperty(StubPropertyBSTCredProv.SERVER_ENCRYPT_CERT, CertUtils.getCertificate(serverCert));
    
  • Set a property on the JAX-RPC stub that specifies the Security Context Token (SCT) timeout value:

    stub._setProperty(WlMessageContext.SCT_LIFETIME_PROPERTY, new Long( 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000L));

    Note:

    Setting the SCT lifetime value is optional. The default value is set to 30 minutes. Setting a shorter SCT lifetime value is more secure, but requires renewing the SCT more frequently. Setting a longer SCT lifetime requires renewing the SCT less frequently, and it stays in memory longer if not explicitly terminated.

  • Use the terminateWssc() method of the WSSClientUtil class to terminate the secure context token:

    WSSCClientUtil.terminateWssc(stub);

Associating Policy Files at Runtime Using the Administration Console

The simple message-level configuration procedure, documented in Configuring Simple Message-Level Security, describes how to use the @Policy and @Policies JWS annotations in the JWS file that implements your web service to specify one or more policy files that are associated with your service. This of course implies that you must already know, at the time you program your web service, which policy files you want to associate with your web service and its operations. This might not always be possible, which is why you can also associate policy files at runtime, after the web service has been deployed, using the WebLogic Server Administration Console.

You can use no @Policy or @Policies JWS annotations at all in your JWS file and associate policy files only at runtime using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, or you can specify some policy files using the annotations and then associate additional ones at runtime.

At runtime, the WebLogic Server Administration Console allows you to associate as many policy files as you want with a web service and its operations, even if the policy assertions in the files contradict each other or contradict the assertions in policy files associated with the JWS annotations. It is up to you to ensure that multiple associated policy files work together. If any contradictions do exist, WebLogic Server returns a runtime error when a client application invokes the web service operation.

To use the Console to associate one or more WS-Policy files to a web service, the WS-Policy XML files must be located in either the META-INF/policies or WEB-INF/policies directory of the EJB JAR file (for EJB implemented web services) or WAR file (for Java class implemented web services), respectively.

See Attach a WS-Policy file to a Web Service in the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help for detailed instructions on using the WebLogic Server Administration Console to associate a policy file at runtime.

Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Tokens For Identity

This section describes using SAML tokens for identity. The following topics are described:

SAML Token Overview

The SAML Token Profile 1.1 (http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/v1.1/wss-v1.1-spec-os-SAMLTokenProfile.pdf) is part of the core set of WS-Security standards, and specifies how SAML assertions can be used for web services security. WebLogic Server supports SAML Token Profile 1.1, including support for SAML 2.0 and SAML 1.1 assertions. SAML Token Profile 1.1 is backwards compatible with SAML Token Profile 1.0.

Note:

SAML Token Profile 1.1 is supported only through WS-SecurityPolicy.

Previous releases of WebLogic Server, released before the formulation of the WS-SecurityPolicy specification, used security policy files written under the WS-Policy specification, using a proprietary schema for security policy. These earlier security policy files support SAML Token Profile 1.0 and SAML 1.1 only.

In the simple web services configuration procedure, described in Configuring Simple Message-Level Security, it is assumed that users use username tokens to authenticate themselves. Because WebLogic Server implements the SAML Token Profile 1.1 (http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/v1.1/wss-v1.1-spec-os-SAMLTokenProfile.pdf) of the Web Services Security specification, users can also use SAML tokens in the SOAP messages to authenticate themselves when invoking a web service operation, as described in this section.

Use of SAML tokens works server-to-server. This means that the client application is running inside of a WebLogic Server instance and then invokes a web service running in another WebLogic Server instance using SAML for identity. Because the client application is itself a web service, the web services security runtime takes care of all the SAML processing.

In addition to this server-to-server usage, you can also use SAML tokens from a standalone client via WS-Trust, as described in Configuring the WS-Trust Client.

Note:

It is assumed in this section that you understand the basics of SAML and how it relates to core security in WebLogic Server. For general information, see Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) in Understanding Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

It is also assumed in the following procedure that you have followed the steps in Configuring Simple Message-Level Security and now want to enable the additional use case of using SAML tokens, rather than username tokens, for identity.

Using SAML Tokens for Identity: Main Steps

To use SAML tokens for identity:

  1. Make sure that the SAML providers you need are configured and add the appropriate partner entries. This step configures the core WebLogic Server security subsystem. For details, see the following sections in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server:

    • Configuring a SAML Identity Assertion Provider

    • Configuring a SAML Credential Mapping Provider

      Note:

      You will need to configure both SAML 1.1 and SAML 2.0 security providers if you want to enable both versions of SAML for use with the SAML Token Profile.

      When configuring SAML 2.0 partner entries, you must use the endpoint URL of the target web service as the name of the partner for both WSSIdPPartner and WSSSPPartner entries. Specify the URL as HTTPS if SSL will be used.

  2. If you will be using policies that involve signatures related to SAML assertions (for example, SAML Holder-of-Key policies) where a key referenced by the assertion is used to sign the message, or Sender-Vouches policies where the sender's key is used to sign the message, you need to configure keys and certificates for signing and verification.

    For the Holder-of-Key scenarios, the signature from the client certificate is to prove that the client has possession of the private key that the SAML token references. For the Sender Vouches scenarios, the signature from the client certificate is to guarantee that the message with the SAML token is generated by the sender.

    Note:

    These keys and certificates are not used to create or verify signatures on the assertions themselves. Creating and verifying signatures on assertions is done using keys and certificates configured on the SAML security providers.

    If you are using SAML Bearer policies, protection is provided by SSL and the PKI Credential Mapping provider is not needed.

    If you are using SAML tokens from a standalone client via WS-TRUST, the tokens are passed in via the web service client stub, not via the PKI Credential Mapping provider.

    1. Configure a PKI Credential Mapping provider on the sending side, and populate it with the keys and certificates to be used for signing. setKeypairCredential creates a keypair mapping between the principalName, resourceid and credential action and the keystore alias and the corresponding password.

      pkiCM.setKeypairCredential(
      type=<remote>, protocol=http,
      remoteHost=hostname, remotePort=portnumber, path=/ContextPath/ServicePath,
      username, Boolean('true'), None,
      alias, passphrase)
      

      The first (String) parameter is used to construct a Resource object that represents the endpoint of the target web service. The userName parameter is the user on whose behalf the signed web service message will be generated. The alias and passphrase parameters are the alias and passphrase used to retrieve the key/certificate from the keystore configured for the PKI Credential Mapping provider. The actual key and certificate should be loaded into the keystore before creating the KeypairCredential.

    2. Add the same certificates to the Certificate Registry on the receiving side, so they can be validated by the web service security runtime:

      reg.registerCertificate(certalias, certfile)

Specifying the SAML Confirmation Method

The WS-SecurityPolicy implies, but does not explicitly specify, the confirmation method for SAML assertions. Consider the following general guidelines:

  • For WSS1.0 Asymmetric Binding, if the SamlToken assertion is inside the <sp:AsymmerticBinding> assertion, then the Holder of Key confirmation method is used.

    For WSS1.1 Symmetric Binding, if the SamlToken assertion is inside the <sp:EndorsingSupportingTokens> assertion, then the Holder of Key confirmation method is used.

    See Table 2-13 for examples of predefined policies that use Holder of Key confirmation.

  • For WSS1.0 Asymmetric Binding, if the SamlToken assertion is inside <sp:SignedSupportingTokens>, then the Sender Vouches confirmation method is used.

    For WSS1.1 Symmetric Binding, if the SamlToken assertion is inside the <sp:SignedSupportingTokens> assertion, and the <sp:X509Token> is used in the <sp:EndorsingSupportingTokens> assertion, then the Sender Vouches confirmation method is used.

    For Transport Binding, two-way SSL with client certification is required for the Sender Vouches confirmation method. Use transport-level security as described in Configuring Transport-Level Security in this case.

    See Table 2-13 for examples of predefined policies that use Sender Vouches confirmation.

  • For transport-level security, if the SamlToken assertion is inside <sp:SupportingTokens>, then the Bearer confirmation method is used. Use transport-level security as described in Configuring Transport-Level Security in this case.

    For WSS1.1 Symmetric Binding, if the SamlToken assertion is inside the <sp:SignedSupportingTokens> assertion, and there is no <sp:EndorsingSupportingTokens> assertion, then the Bearer confirmation method is used.

    See Table 2-13 for examples of predefined policies that use Bearer confirmation.

Specifying the SAML Confirmation Method (Proprietary Policy Only)

This section describes how to specify the SAML confirmation method in a policy file that uses the proprietary schema for security policy.

Note:

SAML V1.1 and V2.0 assertions use <saml:SubjectConfirmation> and <saml2:SubjectConfimation> elements, respectively, to specify the confirmation method; the confirmation method is not directly specified in the policy file.

When you configure a web service to require SAML tokens for identity, you can specify one of the following confirmation methods:

  • sender-vouches

  • holder-of-key

  • bearer

See SAML Token Profile Support in WebLogic web services, as well as the Web Services Security: SAML Token Profile (http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/v1.1/wss-v1.1-spec-os-SAMLTokenProfile.pdf) specification itself, for details about these confirmation methods.

  1. Use a security policy file that specifies that SAML should be used for identity. The exact syntax depends on the type of confirmation method you want to configure (sender-vouches, holder-of-key).

    To specify the sender-vouches confirmation method:

    1. Create a <SecurityToken> child element of the <Identity><SupportedTokens> elements and set the TokenType attribute to a value that indicates SAML token usage.

    2. Add a <Claims><Confirmationmethod> child element of <SecurityToken> and specify sender-vouches.

      For example:

      <?xml version="1.0"?>
      <wsp:Policy
        xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
        xmlns:wssp="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy"
        xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
        xmlns:wls="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part"
        >
        <wssp:Identity>
          <wssp:SupportedTokens>
            <wssp:SecurityToken 
              TokenType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-2004-01-saml-token-profile-1.0#SAMLAssertionID">
              <wssp:Claims>
                <wssp:ConfirmationMethod>sender-vouches</wssp:ConfirmationMethod>
              </wssp:Claims>
            </wssp:SecurityToken> 
          </wssp:SupportedTokens> 
        </wssp:Identity>
      </wsp:Policy>
      

    To specify the holder-of-key confirmation method:

    1. Create a <SecurityToken> child element of the <Integrity><SupportedTokens> elements and set the TokenType attribute to a value that indicates SAML token usage.

      The reason you put the SAML token in the <Integrity> assertion for the holder-of-key confirmation method is that the web service runtime must prove the integrity of the message, which is not required by sender-vouches.

    2. Add a <Claims><Confirmationmethod> child element of <SecurityToken> and specify holder-of-key.

      For example:

      <?xml version="1.0"?>
      <wsp:Policy
        xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
        xmlns:wssp="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy"
        xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
        xmlns:wls="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part">
        <wssp:Integrity>
          <wssp:SignatureAlgorithm
             URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1"/>
          <wssp:CanonicalizationAlgorithm
             URI="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
          <wssp:Target>
            <wssp:DigestAlgorithm 
               URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
            <wssp:MessageParts 
               Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/2002/12/wsse#part">
               wsp:Body()
            </wssp:MessageParts>
          </wssp:Target>
          <wssp:SupportedTokens>
            <wssp:SecurityToken 
                IncludeInMessage="true" 
                TokenType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-2004-01-saml-token-profile-1.0#SAMLAssertionID"> 
              <wssp:Claims> 
                <wssp:ConfirmationMethod>holder-of-key</wssp:ConfirmationMethod> 
              </wssp:Claims> 
            </wssp:SecurityToken> 
          </wssp:SupportedTokens>
        </wssp:Integrity>
      </wsp:Policy>
    3. By default, the WebLogic web services runtime always validates the X.509 certificate specified in the <KeyInfo> assertion of any associated WS-Policy file. To disable this validation when using SAML holder-of-key assertions, you must configure the web service security configuration associated with the web service by setting a property on the SAML token handler. See Disable X.509 certificate validation when using SAML holder_of_key assertions in Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help for information about how to do this using the WebLogic Server Administration Console.

      See Creating and Using a Custom Policy File for additional information about creating your own security policy file. See Web Services Security Policy Assertion Reference in WebLogic Web Services Reference for Oracle WebLogic Server for reference information about the assertions.

  2. Update the appropriate @Policy annotations in the JWS file that implements the web service to point to the security policy file from the preceding step. For example, if you want invokes of all the operations of a web service to SAML for identity, specify the @Policy annotation at the class-level.

    You can mix and match the policy files that you associate with a web service, as long as they do not contradict each other and as long as you do not combine OASIS WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 files with security policy files written under Oracle's security policy schema.

    For example, you can create a simple MyAuth.xml file that contains only the <Identity> security assertion to specify use of SAML for identity and then associate it with the web service together with the predefined Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml and Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml files. It is, however, up to you to ensure that multiple associated policy files do not contradict each other; if they do, you will either receive a runtime error or the web service might not behave as you expect.

  3. Recompile and redeploy your web service as part of the normal iterative development process.

    See Developing WebLogic Web Services in Developing JAX-RPC Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  4. Create a client application that runs in a WebLogic Server instance to invoke the main web service using SAML as identity. See Invoking a Web Service From a Client Running in a WebLogic Server Instance for details.

Sample of SAML 1.1 Bearer Token Over HTTPS

This release of WebLogic Server includes a SAML 1.1 Bearer example with a standalone client. This example is available in the WebLogic Server installation in WLS_HOME\samples\server\examples\src\examples\webservices\saml\bearer11ssl.

This is an example of SAML 1.1 Bearer with a standalone client. It demonstrates the minimum configuration and setup with WS-Trust to use a SAML assertion for authentication of a web service application. The example contains two WebLogic Server instances, which host the FlightService web service and STSHttpsUNT.java used as a Security Token Service (STS), respectively.

The client TravelAgencyClient does not have a public/private key pair and gets the SAML token from the STS for authentication, with transport level message protection.

Configuring SAML Attributes in a Web Service

A SAML assertion is a piece of data produced by a SAML authority regarding either an act of authentication performed on a subject, attribute information about the subject, or authorization data applying to the subject with respect to a specified resource.

The SAML specification (see http://www.oasis-open.org) allows additional, unspecified information about a particular subject to be exchanged between SAML partners as attribute statements in an assertion. A SAML attribute assertion is therefore a particular type of SAML assertion that conveys site-determined information about attributes of a Subject.

Attribute data is of type String.

Attributes are often name/value pairs (for example name=position, value=team lead), with multiple values being possible, but there is no requirement that they follow this model.

SAML attributes can be examined on the target partner service, and they can be used as extra information for authentication or authorization.

Use of SAML attributes works server-to-server. This means that the client application providing the attributes is running inside of a WebLogic Server instance. It then invokes a web service running in the same or other WebLogic Server instance to consume the attributes. Because the client application is itself a web service, the web services security runtime takes care of all the SAML processing.

Using SAML Attributes: Available Interfaces and Classes

You can use the classes and interfaces listed in Table 2-5 to implement SAML attributes. See Java API Reference for Oracle WebLogic Server.

Table 2-5 SAML Attribute Classes and Interfaces

Interface or Class Description

weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAML2CredentialProvider

Credential Provider for SAML 2.0 assertions.

weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLCredentialProvider

Credential Provider for SAML 1.1 assertions.

weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeStatementData

This interface represents the attributes in a single attribute statement. For SAML 1.1 and 2.0.

weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeStatementDataImpl()

This class represents the attributes in a single attribute statement. For SAML 1.1 and 2.0.

weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeData

SAML attribute Info interface that can be either SAML 1.1 or SAML 2.0 attribute.

weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeDataImpl()

Class that implements weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeData.

weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper

Helper function to get the SAMLAttributeStatementData object

Of the classes and interfaces listed in Table 2-5, the SAMLAttributeData interface deserves additional mention. The SAMLAttributeData interface supports both SAML 1.1 or SAML 2.0 attributes. It has the methods shown in Table 2-6.

Table 2-6 SAMLAttributeData Methods

Method Description

getAttributeName()

Get the attribute name.

getAttributeNameFormat()

Get the attribute name format (for SAML 2.0 only).

getAttributeFriendlyName()

Get the Attribute friendly name.

getAttributeValues()

Get the collection of attribute values.

isSAML20()

Check if this is a SAML 2.0 attribute. Return true if it is a SAML 2.0 attribute, false otherwise

setAttributeName(String attributeName)

Set the attribute name.

setAttributeNameFormat(String attributeNameFormat)

Set the attribute name format.

setAttributeFriendlyName(String attributeFriendlyName)

Set the attribute friendly name.

setAttributeValues(Collection<String> attributeValues)

Set the collection of attribute values.

addAttributeValue(String attributeValue)

Add one attribute value.

getAttributeNameSpace()

Get the namespace of the attribute. This is for SAML 1.1 only.

setAttributeNameSpace(String attributeNameSpace)

Set the namespace of the attribute. This is for SAML 1.1 only.

getSAML2AttributeInfo()

Get a SAML 2.0 attribute info object from this object.

getSAMLAttributeInfo()

Get a SAML 1.1 attribute info object from this object.

isEmpty()

Check if this attribute data element does not have values.

Using SAML Attributes: Main Steps

The SAML2CredentialProvider and SAMLCredentialProvider classes provide mechanisms to add attributes into SAML assertions via the web service context.

On the SAML partner, you then use the SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper.getSAMLAttributeStatementData method to map attributes from incoming SAML assertions based on the web service context.

To do this:

  • The SAML2CredentialProvider or SAMLCredentialProvider (on the SAML Identity Provider site) determines the attributes to use and how to package them.

    Implement both the SAMLAttributeStatementData and SAMLAttributeData interfaces to package the attributes.

  • The SAML partner uses the WebServiceContext to get the attributes, and determines what to do with them.

    Use the SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper class to get the SAMLAttributeStatementData object, from which you get the SAMLAttributeData object.

SAML Attributes Example

This section describes a simple application that implements SAML attributes for SAML 2.0. This example is available in the WebLogic Server installation in WLS_HOME\samples\server\examples\src\examples\webservices\saml\saml20sv.

Example 2-14 shows an example of a web service (the "client") running on a WebLogic Server instance.

This web service adds four attributes to the WebServiceContext. The first attribute has no value; the second uses a static value. The values for attributes three and four are computed based on the authenticated Subject.

Example 2-14 Web Service That Adds Attributes to the WebServiceContext

@WebService(serviceName = "ProxyService", name = "IProxy", targetNamespace = "http://www.oracle.com/2008/12/interop")
 public class ProxyService{        
 
   @WebMethod(operationName = "Echo")
   @WebResult(name = "EchoResponse")
   public String echo(@WebParam(name = "EchoRequest")String hello,
                        @WebParam(name = "partenerWsdlURL") String partenerWsdlURL){
      try{
        PartnerService service =
                new PartnerService(new URL(partenerWsdlURL),
                                            new QName("http://www.oracle.com/2008/12/interop", "PartnerService"));
          
        IPartner port = service.getIPartnerPort();
        BindingProvider provider = (BindingProvider) port;
        Map context = provider.getRequestContext();
        context.put(WLStub.SAML_ATTRIBUTE_ONLY, "True");
 
        List credProviders = buildCredentialProviderList();
        context.put(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders);
 
        String result = port.echo(hello);
        return result+" I'm ProxyService Echo!\n";
 
      } catch(Exception ex ){
        throw new RuntimeException(ex);
      }
   }
 
    private static List buildCredentialProviderList() throws Exception  {
     List credProviders = new ArrayList();
     credProviders.add(new MySAMLCredentialProvider1());
 
     return credProviders;
   }
 
    /**
     * This Credential Provider is for SAML 2.0 Sender Vouches
     */
 
    private static class MySAMLCredentialProvider1 extends SAML2CredentialProvider {
 
        public SAMLAttributeStatementData getSAMLAttributeData(Subject subject) {
 
            System.out.println(" Providing SAML Attributes from MySAMLCredentialProvider1 for Subject =" + subject);
            // There are four types of attributes in this test
 
            SAMLAttributeStatementData attributes = new SAMLAttributeStatementDataImpl();
 
            String xmlns = "www.oracle.com/webservices/saml/test";
            // 1. The attribute without value
 
            SAMLAttributeData attribute1 = new SAMLAttributeDataImpl();
            attribute1.setAttributeName("test.no.value.attribute");
            // Friendly name is optional. It is set in this example.
            attribute1.setAttributeFriendlyName("Type 1 - No Value");
            attribute1.setAttributeNameSpace(xmlns);
            attributes.addAttributeInfo(attribute1);
 
            // 2. Static attribute that has static value
 
            SAMLAttributeData attribute2 = new SAMLAttributeDataImpl();
            attribute2.setAttributeName("test.static.attribute");
            attribute2.setAttributeFriendlyName("Type 2 - Static Attribute");
            attribute2.setAttributeNameSpace(xmlns);
            attribute2.addAttributeValue("static.attribute.value");
            attributes.addAttributeInfo(attribute2);
 
            // 3. Subjust dependent attributes
 
            SAMLAttributeData attribute3 = new SAMLAttributeDataImpl();
            attribute3.setAttributeName("test.subject.dependent.attribute");
            attribute3.setAttributeFriendlyName("Type 3 - Subject Dependent Attribute");
            attribute3.setAttributeNameSpace(xmlns);
            if (hasUser("Alice", subject)) {
                 attribute3.addAttributeValue("Alice A");
            }  else if (hasUser("Bob", subject)) {
                 attribute3.addAttributeValue("Bob B");
            }   else {
                attribute3.addAttributeValue("Hacker X");
            }
             attributes.addAttributeInfo(attribute3);
 
             // 4. Multiple value attributes
 
            SAMLAttributeData attribute4 = new SAMLAttributeDataImpl();
            attribute4.setAttributeName("test.multi.value.attribute");
            attribute4.setAttributeFriendlyName("Type 4 - Multi-Value Attribute");
            attribute4.setAttributeNameSpace(xmlns);
            if (hasUser("Alice", subject)) {
                 attribute4.addAttributeValue("Team Lead");
                 attribute4.addAttributeValue("Programmer");
            }  else if (hasUser("Bob", subject)) {
                 attribute4.addAttributeValue("System Admin");
                 attribute4.addAttributeValue("QA");
            }   else {
                attribute4.addAttributeValue("Hacker");
                attribute4.addAttributeValue("meber of unkown");
            }
            attributes.addAttributeInfo(attribute4);
            return attributes;
         }
 
        private static boolean hasUser(String user, Subject subject) {
           if (null == user || null == subject) {
               return false;
           }
           Set principals = subject.getPrincipals();
           if (null == principals || principals.isEmpty()) {
               return false;
           }
           for (Iterator it = principals.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )  {
               Object obj = it.next();
               if (obj instanceof Principal) {
                   Principal  p = (Principal) obj;
          //         System.out.println("principal =[" + p + "]");
                   if (user.equals(p.getName())) {
                       return true;
                   }
               }   else if (obj instanceof WLSPrincipal)  {
                   WLSPrincipal principal = (WLSPrincipal) obj;
          //         System.out.println("principal =[" + principal + "]");
                   if (user.equals(principal.getName())) {
                       return true;
                   }
               }
           }
           return false;
        }
 
   }
 
}

This example invokes the SAMLAttributeStatementDataImpl() class to get an SAMLAttributeStatementData object, and then invokes SAMLAttributeDataImpl() to get a SAML2AttributeStatementInfo object.

The SAMLAttributeData class supports both SAML 2.0 and 1.1, and in this example uses SAML 2.0. SAMLAttributeDataImpl() is shown in Example 2-15.

Example 2-15 SAMLAttributeDataImpl Implementation

package weblogic.wsee.security.saml;
 
import com.bea.security.saml2.providers.SAML2AttributeInfo;
import weblogic.security.providers.saml.SAMLAttributeInfo;
 
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Iterator;
 
/**
 *
 */
public class SAMLAttributeDataImpl implements SAMLAttributeData {
    public static final String SAML_2_0_ATTRNAME_FORMAT_BASIC = SAML2AttributeInfo.ATTR_NAME_FORMAT_BASIC;
 
    /**
     * the name of the attribute
     */
    private String attributeName;
 
    private String attributeNameSpace;
    /**
     * the name format of the attribute for SAML 2.0. Defaults to basic.
     */
    private String attributeNameFormat = SAML_2_0_ATTRNAME_FORMAT_BASIC;
    /**
     * the friendly name of the attribute, this is for SAML 2.0 only.
     */
    private String attributeFriendlyName;
    /**
     * the values of the attribute.
     */
    private Collection<String> attributeValues;
    /**
     * is a SAML 2.0 attribute info
     */
    private boolean isSAML20;
 
    public SAMLAttributeDataImpl() {
 
    }
 
    public SAMLAttributeDataImpl(String attributeName, Collection<String> attributeValues) {
        this.attributeName = attributeName;
        this.attributeValues = attributeValues;
    }
 
    public SAMLAttributeDataImpl(String attributeName, String
 attributeNameFormat, String attributeFriendlyName, String namespace,
 Collection<String> attributeValues) {
        this.attributeName = attributeName;
        this.attributeNameFormat = attributeNameFormat;
        this.attributeFriendlyName = attributeFriendlyName;
        this.attributeValues = attributeValues;
        this.attributeNameSpace = namespace;
    }
 
    public SAMLAttributeDataImpl(SAML2AttributeInfo saml2AttributeInfo)  {
        if (null == saml2AttributeInfo) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null SAML2AttributeInfo found ");
        }
        this.attributeName = saml2AttributeInfo.getAttributeName();
        this.attributeNameFormat = saml2AttributeInfo.getAttributeNameFormat();
        this.attributeFriendlyName = saml2AttributeInfo.getAttributeFriendlyName();
        this.attributeValues = saml2AttributeInfo.getAttributeValues();
        this.isSAML20 = true;
    }
 
    public SAMLAttributeDataImpl(SAMLAttributeInfo samlAttributeInfo)  {
        if (null == samlAttributeInfo) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null SAMLAttributeInfo found ");
        }
        this.attributeName = samlAttributeInfo.getAttributeName();
        this.attributeNameSpace = samlAttributeInfo.getAttributeNamespace();
        this.attributeValues = samlAttributeInfo.getAttributeValues();
        this.isSAML20 = false;
    }
 
    /**
     * get the attribute name
     *
     * @return string of the attribute name
     */
    public String getAttributeName() {
        return attributeName;
    }
 
    /**
     * set the attribute name
     *
     * @param attributeName string of the attribute name
     */
    public void setAttributeName(String attributeName) {
        if (null == attributeName) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("attributeName cannot be null");
        }
        this.attributeName = attributeName;
    }
 
    /**
     * get the attribute name format for SAML 2.0 only
     *
     * @return String of the attribute name format, 
default is SAML_2_0_ATTRNAME_FORMAT_BASIC for SAML 2.0. Null for SAML 1.1.
     */
    public String getAttributeNameFormat() {
        return attributeNameFormat;
    }
    /**
     * set et the attribute name format
     *
     * @param attributeNameFormat String of the attribute name format
     */
    public void setAttributeNameFormat(String attributeNameFormat) {
        this.attributeNameFormat = attributeNameFormat;
    }
    /**
     * get the Attribute Friendly Name
     *
     * @return String of the Attribute Friendly Name
     */
    public String getAttributeFriendlyName() {
        return attributeFriendlyName;
    }
    /**
     * set the Attribute Friendly Name
     *
     * @param attributeFriendlyName the Attribute Friendly Name
     */
    public void setAttributeFriendlyName(String attributeFriendlyName) {
        this.attributeFriendlyName = attributeFriendlyName;
    }
    /**
     * get the Attribute Value
     *
     * @return collection of attribute values
     */
    public Collection<String> getAttributeValues() {
        return attributeValues;
    }
    /**
     * set collection of attribute values
     *
     * @param attributeValues collection of attribute values to be set
     */
    public void setAttributeValues(Collection<String> attributeValues) {
        this.attributeValues = attributeValues;
    }
    /**
     * add one attribute value
     *
     * @param attributeValue String of attribute value to be added
     */
    public void addAttributeValue(String attributeValue) {
        if (this.attributeValues == null) {
            this.attributeValues = new ArrayList();
        }
        if (null == attributeValue) {
            this.attributeValues.add("");
        } else {
            this.attributeValues.add(attributeValue);
        }
    }
    /**
     * add  attribute values
     *
     * @param newAttributeValues collection of attribute values to be added
     */
    public void addAttributeValues(Collection<String> newAttributeValues) {
        if (this.attributeValues == null || this.attributeValues.isEmpty()) {
            this.setAttributeValues(newAttributeValues);
            return;
        }
        if (null == newAttributeValues || newAttributeValues.isEmpty()) {
                          this.attributeValues.add("");
            return;
        }
        Iterator iter = newAttributeValues.iterator();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            this.attributeValues.add((String) iter.next());
        }
    }
    /**
     * get the namespace of the Attribute. This is for SAML 1.1 only.
     *
     * @return string of attribute namespace
     */
    public String getAttributeNameSpace() {
        return attributeNameSpace;
    }
    /**
     * set attributeNameSpace. This is for SAML 1.1 only.
     *
     * @param attributeNameSpace attributeNameSpace to be set
     */
    public void setAttributeNameSpace(String attributeNameSpace) {
        this.attributeNameSpace = attributeNameSpace;
    }
    /**
     * set this data object to SAML 2.0 attribute object
     * @param saml20 true if it is a SAML 2.0 attribute data
     */
    public void setSAML20(boolean saml20) {
        this.isSAML20 = saml20;
    }
    /**
     * check if this is a SAML 2.0 Attributes
     *
     * @return true if it is a SAML 2.0 attribute, false otherwise
     */
    public boolean isSAML20() {
        return isSAML20;
    }
    /**
     * get a SAML2AttributeInfo object from this object
     *
     * @return SAML2AttributeInfo for SAML 2.0
     */
    public SAML2AttributeInfo getSAML2AttributeInfo() {
        SAML2AttributeInfo sai = new SAML2AttributeInfo();
        sai.setAttributeFriendlyName(this.attributeFriendlyName);
        sai.setAttributeName(this.attributeName);
        if (null == this.attributeNameFormat || this.attributeNameFormat.length() ==0 ) {
            sai.setAttributeNameFormat(SAML_2_0_ATTRNAME_FORMAT_BASIC);
        } else {
            sai.setAttributeNameFormat(this.attributeNameFormat);
        }
        sai.addAttributeValues(this.attributeValues);
        return sai;
    }
    /**
     * get a SAMLAttributeInfo object from this object
     *
     * @return SAMLAttributeInfo for SAML 1.1
     */
    public SAMLAttributeInfo getSAMLAttributeInfo() {
        SAMLAttributeInfo sai = new SAMLAttributeInfo();
        if (null == this.attributeNameSpace) {
           sai.setAttributeName(this.attributeName, "");
        } else {
           sai.setAttributeName(this.attributeName, this.attributeNameSpace);
        }
        sai.setAttributeValues(this.attributeValues);
        return sai;
    }
    /**
     * This method will add all attribute values into the first SAMLAttributeData
 object, and return a single SAMLAttributeData object.
     * Please note that the attribute name will not be verified in this method.
     * 
     * @param attributeList  SAMLAttributeData objects to be merged
     * @return  a single SAMLAttributeData object
     */
    static public SAMLAttributeData consolation(List<SAMLAttributeData> 
 attributeList) {
        if (null == attributeList || attributeList.size() == 0 ) {
            return null;
        }
        if (attributeList.size() == 1) {
            attributeList.get(0);
        }
        SAMLAttributeData data = attributeList.get(0);
        for (int i=1; i < attributeList.size(); i++ ) {
            data.addAttributeValues(attributeList.get(i).getAttributeValues());
        }
        return data;
    }
    /**
     * Check if this attribute data element does not have vlaues
     * @return true if the data is empty, no values; false otherwise 
     */
    public boolean isEmpty() {
        if ((null == this.attributeValues) || (this.attributeValues.isEmpty())) {
            return true;
        }
        if (this.attributeValues.size() == 1)  {
            Object a[] = this.attributeValues.toArray();
            if ("".equals(a[0]))  {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
    /**
     * Return a String for the array of value String, concatenated with "; "
     * @return a string for all values
     */
    public String valuesToString(String existing) {
        if ((null == this.attributeValues) || (this.attributeValues.isEmpty())) {
            return existing;
        }
        Object a[] = this.attributeValues.toArray();
        if (this.attributeValues.size() == 1) {
           if (a[0] == null)  {
               return existing;
           }
           if (existing == null)  {
             return (String) a[0];
           } else {
               return existing + "; " + (String) a[0];
           }
        }
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        if (existing != null) {
           sb.append(existing);
        }
        for (int i=0; i < a.length; i++) {
           sb.append("; ");
           if (a[i] != null) {
             sb.append((String) a[i]);
           }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
    public String toString() {
       StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
       sb.append("Name=" + this.attributeName);
       if (isSAML20()) {
          if (null != this.attributeFriendlyName) {
             sb.append(" FriendlyName=" + this.attributeFriendlyName);
          }
       } else {
          if (null != this.attributeNameSpace) {
             sb.append(" Namespace=" + this.attributeNameSpace);
          }
       }
       String value = this.valuesToString(null);
       if (null != value)   {
           sb.append(" Value=" + value);
       }
       return sb.toString();
    }
}

Example 2-16 shows the PartnerService code that determines if the web service context has attributes, and then gets them. This example relies on the SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper class, which is shown in Example 2-17.

The predefined policy used in this example, Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml, is described in Table 2-13.

Example 2-16 Web Service That Gets Attributes From the WebServiceContext

package jaxws.interop.saml;
 
import weblogic.jws.Policies;
import weblogic.jws.Policy;
import weblogic.wsee.util.AccessException;
import weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeStatementData;
import weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper;
import weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLAttributeData;
 
import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.WebParam;
import javax.jws.WebResult;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.annotation.Resource;
import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceContext;
 
/**
 *  ID Propagation using SAML 2.0 token [sender-vouches] with message protection (WSS 11)  .
 *
 * This example will work for canned policy like:
 *    - Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml
 */
 
 
@Policies(
    {
      @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml"),
      @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml"),
      @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml")
        }
)
@WebService(serviceName = "PartnerService", name = "IPartner", targetNamespace = "http://www.oracle.com/2008/12/interop")
public class PartnerService{
  @Resource
  WebServiceContext ctx;
 
 
  @WebMethod(operationName = "Echo")
  @WebResult(name = "EchoResponse")
  public String echo(@WebParam(name = "EchoRequest")String hello){
    try {
       this.checkSamlAttributesFromRequestMesasge();
       return hello+"! I'm PartnerService for SAML 2.0 SenderVouches WSS1.1!\n";
    }catch(Exception ex ){
        throw new RuntimeException(ex);
    }
  }
 
    private void checkSamlAttributesFromRequestMesasge() throws AccessException {
 
       SAMLAttributeStatementData attributes  = SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper.getSAMLAttributeStatementData(ctx);
       if (null == attributes)  {
           throw new AccessException("No SAML Attributes Data found");
       }
 
       SAMLAttributeData testData =  attributes.getAttributeInfo("test.no.value.attribute");
       if (null == testData) {
          throw new AccessException("Missing SAML Attribute Data of \"test.no.value.attribute\"");
       }
       if (!attributes.hasAttributeInfo("test.no.value.attribute")) {
          throw new AccessException("Missing SAML Attribute Data of \"test.no.value.attribute\"");
       }
       if (!attributes.hasAttributeInfo("test.static.attribute")) {
          throw new AccessException("Missing SAML Attribute Data of \"test.static.attribute\"");
       }
       if (!attributes.hasAttributeValue("test.static.attribute","static.attribute.value")) {
          throw new AccessException("Missing or wrong SAML Attribute Value of \"static.attribute.value\" for attribute \"test.static.attribute\" ");
       }
       if (!attributes.hasAttributeValue("test.subject.dependent.attribute","Alice A")) {
          throw new AccessException("Missing or wrong SAML Attribute Value of \"Alice A\" for attribute - \"test.multi.value.attribute\" ");
       }
       if (!attributes.hasAttributeValue("test.multi.value.attribute","Programmer")) {
          throw new AccessException("Missing or wrong SAML Attribute Value on \"Programmer\" for attribute \"test.multi.value.attribute\" ");
       }
       if (!attributes.hasAttributeValue("test.multi.value.attribute","Team Lead")) {
          throw new AccessException("Missing or wrong SAML Attribute Value on \"Team Lead\"  for attribute \"test.multi.value.attribute\" ");
       }
    }
}

Example 2-17 shows the SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper class, which is a helper function that gets the SAMLAttributeStatementData object.

Example 2-17 SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper Helper Function

package weblogic.wsee.security.saml;
 
import weblogic.wsee.jaxws.framework.jaxrpc.SOAPMessageContext;
import weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.WLStub;
import weblogic.wsee.jws.JwsContext;
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.message.Message;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.message.Packet;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.server.WSWebServiceContext; 
 
import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceContext;
import javax.xml.rpc.handler.MessageContext;
 
/**
 *  Helper function to get the SAMLAttributeStatementData object
 */
public class SAMLAttributeStatementDataHelper {
 
   public static SAMLAttributeStatementData getSAMLAttributeStatementData(WebServiceContext context) {
 
      final Packet request = ((WSWebServiceContext) context).getRequestPacket();
 
      WSSecurityContext securityCtx = (WSSecurityContext) request.invocationProperties
					.get(WSSecurityContext.WS_SECURITY_CONTEXT);
      SAMLAttributeStatementData samlAttributes = null;
      if ((securityCtx != null) && (securityCtx.getMessageContext() != null)) {
          samlAttributes = (SAMLAttributeStatementData) securityCtx.getMessageContext().getProperty(WLStub.SAML_ATTRIBUTES);
      }
      return samlAttributes;
   }
 
   public static SAMLAttributeStatementData getSAMLAttributeStatementData(JwsContext context) {
 
      MessageContext msgCtx = context.getMessageContext();     // this is for JAX-RPC
      SAMLAttributeStatementData attributes =  (SAMLAttributeStatementData)  msgCtx.getProperty(WLStub.SAML_ATTRIBUTES);
 
      return attributes;
   }
 
}

Associating a Web Service with a Security Configuration Other Than the Default

Many use cases previously discussed require you to use the WebLogic Server Administration Console to create the default web service security configuration called default_wss. After you create this configuration, it is applied to all web services that either do not use the @weblogic.jws.security.WssConfiguration JWS annotation or specify the annotation with no attribute.

There are some cases, however, in which you might want to associate a web service with a security configuration other than the default; such use cases include specifying different timestamp values for different services.

To associate a web service with a security configuration other than the default:

  1. Create a Web Service Security Configuration in the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help with a name that is not default_wss.
  2. Update your JWS file, adding the @WssConfiguration annotation to specify the name of this security configuration. See weblogic.jws.security.WssConfiguration in the WebLogic Web Services Reference for Oracle WebLogic Server for additional information and an example.

    Note:

    If you are going to package additional web services in the same Web application, and these web services also use the @WssConfiguration annotation, then you must specify the same security configuration for each web service. See weblogic.jws.security.WssConfiguration in the WebLogic Web Services Reference for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  3. Recompile and redeploy your web service as part of the normal iterative development process.

    See Invoking Web Services in Developing JAX-WS Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server and Developing WebLogic Web Services in Developing JAX-RPC Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server.

    Note:

    All web services security configurations are required to specify the same password digest use. Inconsistent password digest use in different web service security configurations will result in a runtime error.

Valid Class Names and Token Types for Credential Provider

When you create a security configuration, you need to supply the class name of the credential provider for this configuration. The valid class names and token types you can use are as follows:

  • weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider. The token type is x509.

  • weblogic.wsee.security.unt.ClientUNTCredentialProvider. The token type is ut.

  • weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v13.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider. The token type is sct.

  • weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v200502.sct.ClientSCCredentialProvider. The token type is sct.

  • weblogic.wsee.security.saml.SAMLTrustCredentialProvider. The token type is saml.

Using System Properties to Debug Message-Level Security

The following table lists the system properties you can set to debug problems with your message-secured web service.

Table 2-7 System Properties for Debugging Message-Level Security

System Property Data Type Description

weblogic.xml.crypto.dsig.verbose

Boolean

Prints information about digital signature processing.

weblogic.xml.crypto.encrypt.verbose

Boolean

Prints information about encryption processing.

weblogic.xml.crypto.keyinfo.verbose

Boolean

Prints information about key resolution processing.

weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.verbose

Boolean

Prints information about web service security token and token reference processing.

Using a Client-Side Security Policy File

The section Using Policy Files for Message-Level Security Configuration describes how a WebLogic web service can be associated with one or more security policy files that describe the message-level security of the web service. These policy files are XML files that describe how a SOAP message should be digitally signed or encrypted and what sort of user authentication is required from a client that invokes the web service. Typically, the policy file associated with a web service is attached to its WSDL, which the web services client runtime reads to determine whether and how to digitally sign and encrypt the SOAP message request from an operation invoke from the client application.

Sometimes, however, a web service might not attach the policy file to its deployed WSDL or the web service might be configured to not expose its WSDL at all. In these cases, the web services client runtime cannot determine from the service itself the security that must be enabled for the SOAP message request. Rather, it must load a client-side copy of the policy file. This section describes how to update a client application to load a local copy of a policy file.

Example 2-5 shows an example of using a client-side policy file from a JAX-WS web service.

The client-side policy file is typically exactly the same as the one associated with a deployed web service. If the two files are different, and there is a conflict in the security assertions contained in the files, then the invoke of the web service operation returns an error.

You can specify that the client-side policy file be associated with the SOAP message request, response, or both. Additionally, you can specify that the policy file be associated with the entire web service, or just one of its operations.

Associating a Policy File with a Client Application: Main Steps

The following procedure describes the high-level steps to associate a security policy file with the client application that invokes a web service operation.

It is assumed that you have created the client application that invokes a deployed web service, and that you want to update it by associating a client-side policy file. It is also assumed that you have set up an Ant-based development environment and that you have a working build.xml file that includes a target for running the clientgen Ant task.

See Invoking Web Services in Developing JAX-WS Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server and Invoking a Web Service from a Stand-alone Client: Main Steps in Developing JAX-RPC Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server.

  1. Create the client-side security policy files and save them in a location accessible by the client application. Typically, the security policy files are the same as those configured for the web service you are invoking, but because the server-side files are not exposed to the client runtime, the client application must load its own local copies.

    See Creating and Using a Custom Policy File for information about creating security policy files.

  2. Update the build.xml file that builds your client application.
  3. Update your Java client application to load the client-side policy files
  4. Rebuild your client application by running the relevant task. For example:
    prompt> ant build-client

When you next run the client application, it will load local copies of the policy files that the web service client runtime uses to enable security for the SOAP request message.

Note:

If you have a web services operation that already have a security policy (for example, one that was set in the WSDL file that was stored when generating the client from the server policy), then when you use this procedure to programmatically set the client-side security policy, all previously-existing policies will be removed.

Updating clientgen to Generate Methods That Load Policy Files

For JAX-RPC, set the generatePolicyMethods attribute of the clientgen Ant task to true to specify that the Ant task should generate additional getXXX() methods in the implementation of the JAX-RPC Service interface for loading client-side copies of policy files when you get a port, as shown in the following example:

    <clientgen
      wsdl="http://ariel:7001/policy/ClientPolicyService?WSDL"
      destDir="${clientclass-dir}"
      generatePolicyMethods="true"
      packageName="examples.webservices.client_policy.client"/>

See Updating a Client Application To Load Policy Files (JAX-RPC Only) for a description of the additional methods that are generated and how to use them in a client application.

JAX-WS Usage

For JAX-WS, you use the weblogic.jws.jaxws.ClientPolicyFeature class to override the effective policy defined for a service. weblogic.jws.jaxws.ClientPolicyFeature extends javax.xml.ws.WebServiceFeature.

Updating a Client Application To Load Policy Files (JAX-RPC Only)

When you set generatePolicyMethods="true" for clientgen, the Ant task generates additional methods in the implementation of the JAX-RPC Service interface that you can use to load policy files, where XXX refers to the name of the web service.

You can use either an Array or Set of policy files to associate multiple files to a web service. If you want to associate just a single policy file, create a single-member Array or Set.

  • getXXXPort(String operationName, java.util.Set<java.io.InputStream> inbound, java.util.Set<java.io.InputStream> outbound)

    Loads two different sets of client-side policy files from InputStreams and associates the first set to the SOAP request and the second set to the SOAP response. Applies to a specific operation, as specified by the first parameter.

  • getXXXPort(String operationName, java.io.InputStream[] inbound, java.io.InputStream[] outbound)

    Loads two different arrays of client-side policy files from InputStreams and associates the first array to the SOAP request and the second array to the SOAP response. Applies to a specific operation, as specified by the first parameter.

  • getXXXPort(java.util.Set<java.io.InputStream> inbound, java.util.Set<java.io.InputStream> outbound)

    Loads two different sets of client-side policy files from InputStreams and associates the first set to the SOAP request and the second set to the SOAP response. Applies to all operations of the web service.

  • getXXXPort(java.io.InputStream[] inbound, java.io.InputStream[] outbound)

    Loads two different arrays of client-side policy files from InputStreams and associates the first array to the SOAP request and the second array to the SOAP response. Applies to all operations of the web service.

Use these methods, rather than the normal getXXXPort() method with no parameters, for getting a web service port and specifying at the same time that invokes of all, or the specified, operation using that port have an associated policy file or files.

Note:

The following methods from a previous release of WebLogic Server have been deprecated; if you want to associate a single client-side policy file, specify a single-member Array or Set and use the corresponding method described above.

  • getXXXPort(java.io.InputStream policyInputStream);

    Loads a single client-side policy file from an InputStream and applies it to both the SOAP request (inbound) and response (outbound) messages.

  • getXXXPort(java.io.InputStream policyInputStream, boolean inbound, boolean outbound);

    Loads a single client-side policy file from an InputStream and applies it to either the SOAP request or response messages, depending on the Boolean value of the second and third parameters.

Example 2-18 shows an example of using these policy methods in a simple client application; the code in bold is described after the example.

Example 2-18 Loading Policies in a Client Application

package examples.webservices.client_policy.client;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceException;
import javax.xml.rpc.Stub;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
 * This is a simple standalone client application that invokes the
 * the <code>sayHello</code> operation of the ClientPolicyService web service.
 *
 * @author Copyright © 1996, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 
 * All rights reserved.
 */
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args)
      throws ServiceException, RemoteException, IOException {
      FileInputStream [] inbound_policy_array = new FileInputStream[2]; 
      inbound_policy_array[0] = new FileInputStream(args[1]); 
      inbound_policy_array[1] = new FileInputStream(args[2]); 
      FileInputStream [] outbound_policy_array = new FileInputStream[2]; 
      outbound_policy_array[0] = new FileInputStream(args[1]); 
      outbound_policy_array[1] = new FileInputStream(args[2]); 
      ClientPolicyService service = new ClientPolicyService_Impl(args[0] + "?WSDL");
      // standard way to get the web service port
      ClientPolicyPortType normal_port = service.getClientPolicyPort(); 
      // specify an array of policy files for the request and response
      // of a particular operation
      ClientPolicyPortType array_of_policy_port = service.getClientPolicyPort("sayHello", 
inbound_policy_array, outbound_policy_array);
    try {
      String result = null;
      result = normal_port.sayHello("Hi there!"); 
      result = array_of_policy_port.sayHello("Hi there!"); 
      System.out.println( "Got result: " + result );
    } catch (RemoteException e) {
      throw e;
    }
  }
}

The second and third argument to the client application are the two policy files from which the application makes an array of FileInputStreams (inbound_policy_array and outbound_policy_array). The normal_port uses the standard parameterless method for getting a port; the array_of_policy_port, however, uses one of the policy methods to specify that an invoke of the sayHello operation using the port has multiple policy files (specified with an Array of FileInputStream) associated with both the inbound and outbound SOAP request and response:

ClientPolicyPortType array_of_policy_port =
 service.getClientPolicyPort("sayHello", inbound_policy_array, outbound_policy_array);

Using WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Policy Files

WebLogic Server includes a number of WS-SecurityPolicy files you can use in most web services applications. The policy files are located in ORACLE_HOMEoracle_common/modules/com.oracle.webservices.wls.wls-soap-stack-impl.jar. Within com.oracle.webservices.wls.wls-soap-stack-impl.jar, the policy files are located in /weblogic/wsee/policy/runtime.

There are two sets of these policies. In most of the cases, they perform identical functions, but the policy uses different namespace.

The first set has a prefix of "Wssp1.2-2007-". These security policy files conform to the OASIS WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 specification and have the following namespace:

<wsp:Policy
  xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
  xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702"
  >

The second set carries over from WebLogic Server version 10.0 and has the prefix "Wssp1.2-":

<wsp:Policy
  xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
  xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512"
  >

Oracle recommends that you use the new policy namespace, as those are official namespaces from OASIS standards and they will perform better when interoperating with other vendors. The old policies having the prefix of "Wssp1.2-" are mainly for users who want to interoperate with existing applications that already use this version of the policies.

The following sections describe the available WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 policy files:

In addition, see Choosing a Policy and Configuring Smart Policy Selection for information about how to choose the best security policy approach for your web services implementation and for information about WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 elements that are not supported in this release of WebLogic Server.

Transport-Level Policies

These policies require use of the https protocol to access WSDL and invoke web services operations:

Note:

If you specify a transport-level security policy for your web service, it must be at the class level.

In addition, the transport-level security policy must apply to both the inbound and outbound directions. That is, you cannot have HTTPS for inbound and HTTP for outbound.

Table 2-8 Transport Level Policies

Policy File Description

Wssp1.2-2007-Https.xml

One way SSL.

Wssp1.2-2007-Https-BasicAuth.xml

One way SSL with Basic Authentication. A 401 challenge occurs if the Authorization header is not present in the request.

Wssp1.2-2007-Https-UsernameToken-Digest.xml

One way SSL with digest Username Token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Https-UsernameToken-Plain.xml

One way SSL with plain text Username Token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Https-UsernameToken-Plain-Basic256Sha256.xml

Same as Wssp1.2-2007-Https-UsernameToken-Plain.xml but uses a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256.

Wssp1.2-Https.xml

One way SSL.

Wssp1.2-Https-BasicAuth.xml

One way SSL with Basic Authentication. A 401 challenge occurs if the Authorization header is not present in the request.

Wssp1.2-Https-UsernameToken-Digest.xml

One way SSL with digest Username Token.

Wssp1.2-Https-UsernameToken-Plain.xml

One way SSL with plain text Username Token.

Wssp1.2-Https-ClientCertReq.xml

Two way SSL. The recipient checks for the initiator's public certificate. Note that the client certificate can be used for authentication.

Protection Assertion Policies

Protection assertions are used to identify what is being protected and the level of protection provided. Protection assertion policies cannot be used alone; they should be used only in combination with X.509 Token Policies. For example, you might use Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml together with Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml. The following policy files provide for the protection of message parts by signing or encryption:

Table 2-9 Protection Assertion Policies

Policy File Description

Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml

All message body parts are signed.

Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml

All message body parts are encrypted.

Wssp1.2-2007-Sign-Wsa-Headers.xml

WS-Addressing headers are signed.

Wssp1.2-SignBody.xml

All message body parts are signed.

Wssp1.2-EncryptBody.xml

All message body parts are encrypted.

Wssp1.2-Sign-Wsa-Headers.xml

WS-Addressing headers are signed.

Wssp1.2-2007-SignAndEncryptWSATHeaders.xml

WS-AtomicTransaction headers are signed and encrypted.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wsp1.5-SignAndEncryptWSATHeaders.xml

WS-AtomicTransaction headers are signed and encrypted. Web Services Policy 1.5 is used.

WS-Security 1.0 Username and X509 Token Policies

The following policies support the Username Token or X.509 Token specifications of WS-Security 1.0:

Table 2-10 WS-Security 1.0 Policies

Policy File Description

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-X509-Basic256.xml

Mutual Authentication with X.509 Certificates. The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response. The algorithm of Basic256 should be used for both sides.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Digest-X509-Basic256.xml

Username token with digested password is sent in the request for authentication. The encryption method is Basic256.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

Username token with plain text password is sent in the request for authentication, signed with the client's private key and encrypted with server's public key. The client also signs the request body and includes its public certificate, protected by the signature in the message. The server signs the response body with its private key and sends its public certificate in the message. Both request and response messages include signed time stamps. The encryption method is Basic256.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

Username token with plain text password is sent in the request for authentication, signed with the client's private key and encrypted with server's public key. The client also signs the request body and includes its public certificate, protected by the signature in the message. The server signs the response body with its private key and sends its public certificate in the message. Both request and response messages include signed time stamps. The encryption method is Basic256.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-TripleDesRsa15.xml

Username token with plain text password is sent in the request for authentication, signed with the client's private key and encrypted with server's public key. The client also signs the request body and includes its public certificate, protected by the signature in the message. The server signs the response body with its private key and sends its public certificate in the message. Both request and response messages include signed time stamps. The encryption method is TripleDes.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Digest-X509-Basic256.xml

Username token with digested password is sent in the request for authentication. The encryption method is Basic256.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Digest-X509-TripleDesRsa15.xml

Username token with digested password is sent in the request for authentication. The encryption method is TripleDes.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-X509-Basic256.xml

Mutual Authentication with X.509 Certificates. The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response. The algorithm of Basic256 should be used for both sides.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-X509-TripleDesRsa15.xml

Mutual Authentication with X.509 Certificates and message is signed and encrypted on both request and response. The algorithm of TripleDes should be used for both sides

Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-X509-EncryptRequest-SignResponse.xml

This policy is used where only the server has X.509v3 certificates (and public-private key pairs). The request is encrypted and the response is signed.

WS-Security 1.1 Username and X509 Token Policies

The following policies support the Username Token or X.509 Token specifications of WS-Security 1.1:

Table 2-11 WS-Security 1.1 Username and X509 Token Policies

Policy File Description

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with asymmetric binding.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256Sha256.xml

Same as Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml but uses a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Digest-X509-Basic256.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with asymmetric binding and authentication with digested Username Token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with asymmetric binding and authentication with plain-text Username Token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256Sha256.xml

Same as Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml but uses a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Eas256.xml

This policy is similar to policy Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml but uses an extended algorithm suite, which has a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256 and stronger signature method algorithm. This policy is supported in FIPS-140 mode.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with symmetric binding and protected by signed endorsing supporting token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Digest-EncryptedKey.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with symmetric binding and authentication with digested Username Token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with symmetric binding and authentication with plain-text Username Token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-DK-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with derived key symmetric binding and protected by signed endorsing supporting token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Digest-DK.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with derived key symmetric binding and authentication with digested Username Token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-DK.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with derived key symmetric binding and authentication with plain-text Username Token.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml

This policy is similar to policy Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-X509-Basic256.xml except it uses additional WS-Security 1.1 features, including Signature Confirmation and Thumbprint key reference.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey.xml

This is a symmetric binding policy that uses the WS-Security 1.1 Encrypted Key feature for both signature and encryption. It also uses WS-Security 1.1 features, including Signature Confirmation and Thumbprint key reference.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-DK.xml

WSS 1.1 X509 with derived key symmetric binding and authentication with plain-text Username Token.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

This policy has all of the features defined in policy Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey.xml, and in addition it uses sender's key to endorse the message signature. The endorsing key is also signed with the message signature.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-DK.xml

This policy has all of features defined in policy Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey.xml, except that instead of using an encrypted key, the request is signed using DerivedKeyToken1, then encrypted using a DerivedKeyToken2. Response is signed using DerivedKeyToken3, and encrypted using DerivedKeyToken4.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-DK-X509-Endorsing.xml

This policy has all features defined in policy Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-DK.xml, and in addition it uses the sender's key to endorse the message signature.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-X509-EncryptRequest-SignResponse.xml

This policy is similar to policy Wssp1.2-Wss1.0-X509-EncryptRequest-SignResponse.xml, except that it uses additional WSS 1.1 features, including Signature Confirmation and Thumbprint key reference.

Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-X509-SignRequest-EncryptResponse.xml

This policy is the reverse of policy Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-X509-EncryptRequest-SignResponse.xml: the request is signed and the response is encrypted.

WS-SecureConversation Policies

The policies in Table 2-12 implement WS-SecureConversation 1.3, 1.4, and WS-SecureConversation 2005/2.

Note:

As described in Developing JAX-WS Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server, if you are using a template to configure your domain, the Advanced JAX-WS template (wls_webservice_jaxws) is required for any JAX-WS web service that uses WS-SecureConversation.

If you specify a WS-SecureConversation policy for your web service, it must be at the class level.

Table 2-12 WS-SecureConversation Policies

Policy File Description

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-BasicAuth.xml

One way SSL with Basic Authentication. Timestamp is included. The algorithm suite is Basic256. The signature is encrypted.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256Sha256.xml

This policy is similar to policy Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml, but uses a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-ClientCertReq.xml

Two way SSL. The recipient checks for the initiator's public certificate. Note that the client certificate can be used for authentication.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-UNT.xml

SSL Username token authentication.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake (RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages) occurs in https transport. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys. The signature is also encrypted.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.0. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys. The soap:Body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages are both signed and encrypted. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. Timestamp is included and signed. The signature is encrypted. The algorithm suite is Basic256.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.1. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys. The soap:Body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages are both signed and encrypted. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. Signature and encryption use derived keys from an encrypted key.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.0 X509 with asymmetric binding and authentication with plain-text Username Token, similar to the Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml policy.

The SOAP body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages for the handshake are both signed and encrypted. The application messages are signed and encrypted with derived keys from a secure conversation token encrypted key. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. The policy use WS-Policy 1.5 namespace "http://www.w3.org/ns/ws-policy".

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Eas256.xml

This policy is similar to policy Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml but uses an extended algorithm suite, which has a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256 and stronger signature method algorithm. This policy is supported in FIPS-140 mode.

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.0-Saml1.1-SenderVouches.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.0 X509 with asymmetric binding and authentication with SAML 1.1 Sender Vouches Token, similar to the Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.0.xml policy.

The SOAP body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages for the handshake are both signed and encrypted. The application messages are signed and encrypted with derived keys from a secure conversation token encrypted key. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. The policy use WS-Policy 1.5 namespace "http://www.w3.org/ns/ws-policy".

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-Saml1.1-SenderVouches.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.1 X509 with asymmetric binding and authentication with SAML 1.1 Sender Vouches Token, which is similar to the Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml policy.

The SOAP body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages for the handshake are both signed and encrypted. The application messages are signed and encrypted with derived keys from a secure conversation token encrypted key. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. The policy use WS-Policy 1.5 namespace "http://www.w3.org/ns/ws-policy".

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-Saml2.0-Bearer.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.1 X509 with asymmetric binding and authentication with SAML 2.0 Bearer Token.

The SOAP body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages for the handshake are both signed and encrypted. The application messages are signed and encrypted with derived keys from a secure conversation token encrypted key. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. The policy use WS-Policy 1.5 namespace "http://www.w3.org/ns/ws-policy".

Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.4-Bootstrap-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.1 X509 with asymmetric binding and authentication with plain-text Username Token, which is similar to the Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plain-EncryptedKey.xml policy.

The SOAP body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages for the handshake are both signed and encrypted. The application messages are signed and encrypted with derived keys from a secure conversation token encrypted key. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. The policy use WS-Policy 1.5 namespace "http://www.w3.org/ns/ws-policy".

Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-BasicAuth.xml

One way SSL with Basic Authentication. Timestamp is included. The algorithm suite is Basic256. The signature is encrypted.

Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https-ClientCertReq.xml

Two way SSL. The recipient checks for the initiator's public certificate. Note that the client certificate can be used for authentication.

Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Https.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake (RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages) occurs in https transport. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys. The signature is also encrypted.

Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.0. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys. The soap:Body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages are both signed and encrypted. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. Timestamp is included and signed. The signature is encrypted. The algorithm suite is Basic256.

Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.1. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys. The soap:Body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages are both signed and encrypted. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. Signature and encryption use derived keys from an encrypted key.

Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Https.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake (RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponse messages) occurs in https transport. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys.

Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.0. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys. The soap:Body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponse messages are both signed and encrypted. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. Timestamp is included and signed. The algorithm suite is Basic128.

Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.1. The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys. The soap:Body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponse messages are both signed and encrypted. The WS-Addressing headers are signed. Signature and encryption use derived keys from an encrypted key.

SAML Token Profile Policies

The policies shown in Table 2-13 implement WS-Security SAML Token Profile 1.0 and 1.1.

Note:

WebLogic Server Version 10.3 supported SAML Holder of Key for the inbound request only. As of WebLogic Server Version 10.3MP1 and later, both the request and response messages are protected.

Table 2-13 WS-Security SAML Token Profile Policies

Policy File Description

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-Bearer-Https.xml

One-way SSL uses SAML 1.1 token with Bearer confirmation method for Authentication.

WebLogic Server supports the SAML 1.1 Bearer confirmation method at the transport level, using Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-Bearer-Https.xml.

If you specify a transport-level security policy for your web service, it must be at the class level. In addition, the transport-level security policy must apply to both the inbound and outbound directions. That is, you cannot have HTTPS for inbound and HTTP for outbound.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.0.xml

The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response with WSS1.0 asymmetric binding. SAML 1.1 token is sent in the request for authentication with Sender Vouches confirmation method, signed by the X509 token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml

The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response with WSS1.1 X509 symmetric binding. SAML 1.1 token is sent in the request for authentication with Sender Vouches confirmation method, signed by the X509 token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1-Basic256Sha256.xml

This policy is similar to Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml but uses a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1-Eas256.xml

This policy is similar to policy Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml but uses an extended algorithm suite, which has a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256 and stronger signature method algorithm. This policy is supported in FIPS-140 mode.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml

The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response with WSS1.1 X509 symmetric binding. SAML 2.0 token is sent in the request for authentication with Sender Vouches confirmation method, signed by the X509 token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1-Basic256Sha256.xml

This policy is similar to policy Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml but uses a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1-Asymmetric.xml

The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response with WSS1.1 asymmetric binding. It uses additional WS-Security 1.1 features, including Signature Confirmation and Thumbprint key reference. SAML 2.0 token is sent in the request for authentication with Sender Vouches confirmation method, signed by the X509 token.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1-Eas256.xml

This policy is similar to policy Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-SenderVouches-Wss1.1.xml but uses an extended algorithm suite, which has a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256 and stronger signature method algorithm. This policy is supported in FIPS-140 mode.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-HolderOfKey-Wss1.0.xml

The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response with WSS1.0 asymmetric binding. SAML 1.1 token is sent in the request for authentication with Holder of Key confirmation method, in which the key inside the SAML Token is used for the signature.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-HolderOfKey-Wss1.1-Asymmetric.xml

The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response with WSS1.1 asymmetric binding. It uses additional WS-Security 1.1 features, including Signature Confirmation and Thumbprint key reference. SAML 1.1 token is sent in the request for authentication with Holder of Key confirmation method, in which the key inside the SAML Token is used for the signature.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-HolderOfKey-Wss1.1-Asymmetric.xml

The message is signed and encrypted on both request and response with WSS1.1 asymmetric binding. It uses additional WS-Security 1.1 features, including Signature Confirmation and Thumbprint key reference. SAML 2.0 token is sent in the request for authentication with Holder of Key confirmation method, in which the key inside the SAML Token is used for the signature.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-Bearer-Https.xml

One-way SSL uses SAML 2.0 token with Bearer confirmation method for Authentication.

WebLogic Server supports the SAML 2.0 Bearer confirmation method at the transport level, using Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-Bearer-Https.xml.

To interoperate with other products that do not support SAML 2.0, for the SAML-over-HTTPS scenario, the sender vouches confirmation method is recommended.

Use the Wssp1.2-2007-Saml1.1-SenderVouches-Https.xml policy for this purpose, instead of using SAML 1.1 Bearer.

If you specify a transport-level security policy for your web service, it must be at the class level. In addition, the transport-level security policy must apply to both the inbound and outbound directions. That is, you cannot have HTTPS for inbound and HTTP for outbound.

Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-Bearer-Https-Basic256Sha256.xml

Same as Wssp1.2-2007-Saml2.0-Bearer-Https.xml but uses a stronger hash algorithm of Sha-256.

Choosing a Policy

WebLogic Server's implementation of WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 makes a wide variety of security policy alternatives available to you. When choosing a security policy for your web service, you should consider your requirements in these areas:

  • Performance

  • Security

  • Interoperability

  • Credential availability (X.509 certificate, username token, clear or digest password)

Whenever possible, Oracle recommends that you:

  • Use a policy packaged in WebLogic Server rather than creating a custom policy.

  • Use a WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 policy rather than a WebLogic Server 9.x style policy, unless you require features that are not yet supported by WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 policies.

  • Use transport-level policies (Wssp1.2-2007-Https-*.xml) only where message-level security is not required.

  • Use WS-Security 1.0 policies if you require interoperability with that specification. Use one of the following, depending on your authentication requirements and credential availability:

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Plain-X509-Basic256.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-UsernameToken-Digest-X509-Basic256.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.0-X509-Basic256.xml

  • Use WS-Security 1.1 policies if you have strong security requirements. Use one of the following:

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-DK-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey-X509-SignedEndorsing.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-DK-X509-Endorsing.xml

  • Use a WS-SecureConversation policy where WS-ReliableMessaging plus security are required:

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

    • Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml

    • Wssp1.2-Wssc200502-Bootstrap-Wss1.1.xml

Unsupported WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Assertions

The WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 assertions in Version-Independant Policy Supported are not supported in this release of WebLogic Server.

Note:

New WS-SecurityPolicy 1.3 assertions are also not supported in this release.

Table 2-14 Web Services SecurityPolicy 1.2 Unsupported Assertions

Specification Assertion Remarks

5.1.1

TokenInclusion

includeTokenPolicy=Once is not supported.

5.4.1

UsernameToken

Only <sp:UsernameToken11> and Password Derived Keys are not supported in this release. Other Username Tokens assertions are supported.

5.4.2

IssuedToken

WS-Trust Policy assertion is not supported in this release.

5.4.4

KerberosToken

Not supported in this release.

5.4.5

SpnegoContextToken

Not supported in this release.

5.4.9

RelToken

Not supported in this release.

5.4.11

KeyValueToken

Not supported in this release.

6.5

Token Protection

Token Protection in cases where includeTokenPolicy="Never", or in cases where the Token is not in the Message, is not supported in this release.

7.1

AlgorithmSuite

/sp:AlgorithmSuite/wsp:Policy/sp:XPathFilter20 assertion, /sp:AlgorithmSuite/wsp:Policy/sp:XPath10 assertion and /sp:AlgorithmSuite/wsp:Policy/sp:SoapNormalization10 are not supported in this release.

8.1

SupportingTokens

Not supported in this release:

../sp:SignedParts assertion, ../sp:SignedElements assertion ../sp:EncryptedParts assertion ../sp:EncryptedElements assertion

8.2

8.3

8.4

8.5

SignedSupportingTokens

EndorsingSupportingTokens

SignedEndorsingSupportingTokens

SignedEncryptedSupportingTokens

Not supported in this release:

../sp:SignedParts assertion

../sp:SignedElements assertion

../sp:EncryptedParts assertion

../sp:EncryptedElements assertion

../sp:SignedEncryptedSupportingTokens assertion

The runtime will not be able to endorse the supporting token in cases where the token is not in the Message (such as for includeTokenPolicy=Never/Once).

8.6

EncryptedSupportingTokens

UserName Token is the only EncryptionSupportingTokens supported in this release.

Other type of tokens are not supported.

8.7

EndorsingEncryptedSupportingTokens

Not supported in this release.

8.8

SignedEndorsingEncryptedSupportingTokens

Not supported in this release.

9.1

WSS10 Assertion

<sp:MustSupportRefExternalURI> and <sp:MustSupportRefEmbeddedToken> are not supported in this release.

9.2

WSS11 Assertion

<sp:MustSupportRefExternalURI> and <sp:MustSupportRefEmbeddedToken> are not supported in this release.

10.1

Trust13 Assertion

MustSupportClientChallenge, MustSupportServerChallenge are not supported in this release. This assertion is supported only in WS-SecureConversation policy.

Using the Optional Policy Assertion

WebLogic Server supports the Optional WS-Policy assertion. Consider the use of Optional in the following example:

<sp:SignedEncryptedSupportingTokens>
    <wsp:Policy>
     <sp:UsernameToken
      sp:IncludeToken="…/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient" wsp:Optional="true" >
      <wsp:Policy>
        <sp:WssUsernameToken10/>
      </wsp:Policy>
     </sp:UsernameToken>
    </wsp:Policy>
</sp:SignedEncryptedSupportingTokens>

In the example, specifying the Username Token for authorization is optional. The client can continue if it cannot generate the Username Token because the user is anonymous or when there is no security context.

During the Security Policy enforcement process, the message is not rejected if the missing element has the Policy assertion with the attribute of wsp:Optional="true".

The following security policy assertions are now supported by the Optional policy assertion:

  • Username Token

  • SAML Token

  • Signature parts or signature elements

  • Encryption parts or encryption elements

  • Derive Key Token

Configuring Element-Level Security

WebLogic Server supports the element-level assertions defined in WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2. These assertions allow you to apply a signature or encryption to selected elements within the SOAP request or response message, enabling you to target only the specific data in the message that requires security and thereby reduce the computational requirements.

In addition, the assertion RequiredElements allows you to ensure that the message contains a specific header element.

The following element-level assertions are available:

In order to specify an element-level assertion, you must identify the particular request element or response element to which it applies.

You use XPath expressions in policy files to identify these elements, via either XPath Version 1.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath) or XPath Filter Version 2.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-filter2/) syntax. The examples in this section use the default syntax, XPath Version 1.0.

Because each of these assertions identifies one or more particular elements in web service message, you must use custom security policy files for all element-level security assertions. These custom policy files are typically combined with predefined security policy files, with the predefined files defining the way that signing or encryption is performed, and the custom policy files identifying the particular elements that are to be signed or encrypted.

Define and Use a Custom Element-Level Policy File

The first step is to determine the XPath expression that identifies the target element. To do this, you need to understand the format of the SOAP messages used by your web service, either through direct inspection or via analysis of the service's WSDL and XML Schema.

How you determine the format of the SOAP message, and therefore the required XPath expression, is heavily dependent on the tools you have available and is outside the scope of this document. For example, you might do the following:

  1. Run the web service without element-level security.

  2. Turn on SOAP tracing.

  3. Inspect the SOAP message in the logs.

  4. Produce the XPath expression from the SOAP message.

Or, you might have a software tool that allows you to produce a sample SOAP request for a given WSDL, and then use it to generate the XPath expression.

Consider the example of a web service that has a "submitOrderRequest" operation that will receive a SOAP request of the form shown in Example 2-19.

The sections in bold will be later used to construct the custom element-level policy.

Example 2-19 submitOrderRequest SOAP Request

<env:Envelope 
        xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <env:Header/>
  <env:Body> 
    <ns1:submitOrderRequest 
            xmlns:ns1="http://www.oracle.com/OrderService"> 
      <ns1:OrderRequest> 
        <ns1:orderNumber>4815162342</ns1:orderNumber>
        <ns1:creditCard>
          <ns1:cctype>MasterCard</ns1:cctype> 
          <ns1:expires>12-01-2020</ns1:expires> 
          <ns1:ccn>1234-567890-4444</ns1:ccn> 
        </ns1:creditCard> 
      </ns1:OrderRequest>
    </ns1:submitOrderRequest>
  </env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

Assume that you require that the <ns1:creditCard> element and its child elements be encrypted. To do this, you use the information obtained from the bold sections of Example 2-19 to create a custom security policy file, perhaps called EncryptCreditCard.xml.

Consider the example shown in Example 2-20.

Example 2-20 EncryptCreditCard.xml Custom Policy File

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy 
    xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
    xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512">
  <sp:EncryptedElements xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <sp:XPath xmlns:myns="http://www.oracle.com/OrderService">
/soapenv:Envelope/soapenv:Body/myns:submitOrderRequest/myns:OrderRequest/myns:creditCard
    </sp:XPath>
  </sp:EncryptedElements>
</wsp:Policy>

As described in the WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Specification (http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702/ws-securitypolicy-1.2-spec-os.html#_Toc161826516), the /sp:EncryptedElements/sp:XPath element contains a string specifying an XPath expression that identifies the nodes to be confidentiality protected. The XPath expression is evaluated against the S:Envelope element node of the message. Multiple instances of this element may appear within this assertion and should be treated as separate references.

Note the following:

  • The root element must be <wsp:Policy> with the prefix (in this case wsp) mapping to the full WS-Policy namespace.

  • The assertion (in this case EncryptedElements) must also be namespace-qualified with the full WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 namespace, as indicated by the "sp" prefix.

  • The creditCard element in the SOAP message is namespace-qualified (via the ns1 prefix), and has parent elements: OrderRequest, submitOrderRequest, Body, and Envelope. Each of these elements is namespace-qualified.

    The XPath query (beginning with /soapenv:Envelope…) matches the location of the creditCard element:

        /soapenv:Envelope/soapenv:Body/myns:submitOrderRequest/myns:OrderRequest/myns:creditCard
  • The namespace prefixes in the SOAP message need not match the prefixes in the custom security policy file. It is important only that the full namespaces to which the prefixes map are the same in both the message and policy assertion.

  • WebLogic Server handles the mapping of SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 namespaces, and WS-Addressing 2004/08 and WS-Addressing 1.0 namespaces.

Adding the Policy Annotation to JWS File

After you have created your custom policy, add a Policy annotation to your JWS file so that the ElementEncryption policy is used for submitOrder web service requests, as shown in Example 2-21.

Example 2-21 Adding Policy Annotation for Custom Policy File

@WebMethod
@Policies({
  @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-UsernameToken-Plan-X509-Basic256.xml"),
  @Policy(uri="../policies/EncryptCreditCard.xml",
         direction=Policy.Direction.inbound)})

public String submitOrderRequest (OrderRequest orderRequest) {
    return orderService.processOrder(orderRequest);
}

Because the creditCard element is present in the SOAP request, but not the response, the code fragment configures the EncryptedElements custom policy only in the "inbound" direction.

To specify a user-created policy file, specify the path (relative to the location of the JWS file) along with its name, as shown in the following example:

@Policy(uri="../policies/MyPolicy.xml")

In the example, the MyPolicy.xml file is located in the policies sibling directory of the one that contains the JWS file.

You can also specify a policy file that is located in a shared Java EE library; this method is useful if you want to share the file amongst multiple web services packaged in different Java EE archives.

Note:

In this case, it is assumed that the policy file is in the META-INF/policies or WEB-INF/policies directory of the shared Java EE library. Be sure, when you package the library, that you put the policy file in this directory.

To specify a policy file in a shared Java EE library, use the policy prefix and then the name of the policy file, as shown in the following example:

@Policy(uri="policy:MySharedPolicy.xml")

See Creating Shared Java EE Libraries and Optional Packages in Developing Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server for information on creating shared libraries and setting up your environment so the web service can find the shared policy files.

Implementation Notes

Keep the following considerations in mind when implementing element-level security:

  • You can include multiple element-level assertions in a policy; all are executed.

  • You can include multiple <sp:XPath> expressions in a single assertions; all are executed.

  • The EncryptedElements assertion causes the identified element and all of its children to be encrypted.

  • The ContentEncryptedElements assertion does not encrypt the identified element, but does encrypt all of its children.

  • The RequiredElements assertion may be used to test for the presence of a top-level element in the SOAP header. If the element is not found, a SOAP Fault will be raised.

    RequiredElements assertions cannot be used to test for elements in the SOAP Body.

Smart Policy Selection

Multiple policy alternatives for any given web service are supported, which provides the service with significant flexibility.

Consider that a web service might support any of the following:

  • Different versions of the standard. For example, the web service might allow WSRM 1.0 and WSRM 1.1, WSS1.0 and WSS 1.1, WSSC 1.1 and WWSSC 1.2, SAML 1.1 or SAML 2.0.

  • Different credentials for authentication. For example, the web service might allow either username token, X509, or SAML token for authentication.

  • Different security requirements for internal and external clients. For example, external authentication might require a SAML token, while internal employee authentication requires only a username token for authentication.

The web services client can also handle multiple policy alternatives. The same client can interoperate with different services that have different policy or policy alternatives.

For example, the same client can talk to one service that requires SAML 1.1 Token Profile 1.0 for authentication, while another service requires SAML 2.0 Token Profile 1.1 for authentication.

Example of Security Policy With Policy Alternatives

Example 2-22 shows an example of a security policy that supports both WS-Security 1.0 and WS-Security 1.1.

Note:

Within the <wsp:ExactlyOne> element, each policy alternative is encapsulated within a <wsp:All> element.

Example 2-22 Policy Defining Multiple Alternatives

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512">
<wsp:ExactlyOne>
  <wsp:All>
    <sp:AsymmetricBinding>
      <wsp:Policy>
        <sp:InitiatorToken>
          <wsp:Policy>
             <sp:X509Token
sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
               <wsp:Policy>
                 <sp:WssX509V3Token10/>
               </wsp:Policy>
             </sp:X509Token>
          </wsp:Policy>
        </sp:InitiatorToken>
        <sp:RecipientToken>
          <wsp:Policy>
             <sp:X509Token
             sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512/IncludeToken/Never">
               <wsp:Policy>
                 <sp:WssX509V3Token10/>
               </wsp:Policy>
             </sp:X509Token>
          </wsp:Policy>
        </sp:RecipientToken>
        <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
          <wsp:Policy>
            <sp:Basic256/>
          </wsp:Policy>
        </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
        <sp:Layout>
          <wsp:Policy>
            <sp:Lax/>
          </wsp:Policy>
        </sp:Layout>
        <sp:IncludeTimestamp/>
        <sp:ProtectTokens/>
        <sp:OnlySignEntireHeadersAndBody/>
      </wsp:Policy>
    </sp:AsymmetricBinding>
    <sp:SignedParts>
      <sp:Body/>
    </sp:SignedParts>
    <sp:Wss10>
      <wsp:Policy>
        <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier/>
        <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial/>
      </wsp:Policy>
    </sp:Wss10>
  </wsp:All>
  <wsp:All>
    <sp:AsymmetricBinding>
      <wsp:Policy>
        <sp:InitiatorToken>
          <wsp:Policy>
            <sp:X509Token
sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
              <wsp:Policy>
                <sp:RequireThumbprintReference/>
                <sp:WssX509V3Token11/>
              </wsp:Policy>
            </sp:X509Token>
          </wsp:Policy>
        </sp:InitiatorToken>
        <sp:RecipientToken>
          <wsp:Policy>
            <sp:X509Token
            sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512/IncludeToken/Never">
              <wsp:Policy>
                <sp:RequireThumbprintReference/>
                <sp:WssX509V3Token11/>
              </wsp:Policy>
            </sp:X509Token>
          </wsp:Policy>
        </sp:RecipientToken>
        <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
          <wsp:Policy>
            <sp:Basic256/>
          </wsp:Policy>
        </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
        <sp:Layout>
          <wsp:Policy>
            <sp:Lax/>
          </wsp:Policy>
        </sp:Layout>
        <sp:IncludeTimestamp/>
        <sp:ProtectTokens/>
          <sp:OnlySignEntireHeadersAndBody/>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:AsymmetricBinding>
      <sp:SignedParts>
        <sp:Body/>
      </sp:SignedParts>
      <sp:Wss11>
        <wsp:Policy>
          <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier/>
          <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial/>
          <sp:MustSupportRefThumbprint/>
          <sp:MustSupportRefEncryptedKey/>
          <sp:RequireSignatureConfirmation/>
        </wsp:Policy>
      </sp:Wss11>
    </wsp:All> 
  </wsp:ExactlyOne> 
</wsp:Policy>

Configuring Smart Policy Selection

You can configure multiple policy alternatives for a single web service by creating a custom policy, as shown in Example 2-22. You then configure the web service client to make a policy selection preference.

In this release of WebLogic Server, you can configure the policy selection preferences for the web service client by using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, and via stubs.

The following preferences are supported:

  • Security

  • Performance

  • Compatibility

How the Policy Preference is Determined

The web services runtime uses your policy selection preference to examine the policy alternatives and select the best choice.

If there are multiple policy choices, the system uses the configured preference list, the availability of the credential, and setting of the optional function to determine the best selection policy.

If multiple policy alternatives exist for a client, the following selection rules are used:

  • If the preference is not set, the first policy alternative will be picked, except if the policy alternative is defined as wsp:optional=true.

  • If the preference is set to security first, then the policy that has the most security features is selected.

  • If the preference is set to compatibility/interop first, then the policy that has the lowest version is selected.

  • If the preference is set to performance first, then the policy with the fewest security features is selected.

For the optional policy assertions, the following selection rules are used:

  • If the default policy selection preference is set, then the optional attribute on any assertion is ignored.

  • If the Compatibility or Performance preference is set, then any assertion with an optional attribute is ignored; therefore the assertion is ignored.

  • If the security policy selection preference is set, optional assertions are included and alternative assertions are never generated.

Configuring Smart Policy Selection in the Console

Perform the following steps to configure smart policy selection in the Console:

  1. If you do not already have a functional web services security configuration, create a web services security configuration as described in the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help.
  2. Edit the web services security configuration. On the General tab, set the Policy Selection Preference. The following values are supported:
    • None (default)

    • Security then Compatibility then Performance (SCP)

    • Security then Performance then Compatibility (SPC)

    • Compatibility then Security then Performance (CSP)

    • Compatibility then Performance then Security (CPS)

    • Performance then Compatibility then Security (PCS)

    • Performance then Security then Compatibility (PSC

  3. Save and activate your changes.
Understanding Body Encryption in Smart Policy

In smart policy selection scenarios, whether or not the Body will be encrypted (for example, <sp:EncryptedParts> <sp:Body /></sp:EncryptedParts>) depends on the following policy selection preference rules:

  • Default -- The first policy alternative will be used for the determination. If the encrypted body assertion is in the first policy alternative, the body is encrypted. If the encrypted body assertion is not in the first policy alternative, the body is not encrypted.

  • SCP, SPC -- encrypted

  • PCS, PSC -- not encrypted

  • CPS -- not encrypted

  • CSP -- encrypted

Consider the following two examples. In Example 2-23, the encrypted body assertion is in the first policy alternative. Therefore, in the default preference case the body is encrypted. For policy selection preferences other than the default, the other preference rules apply.

Example 2-23 Body Assertion in First Policy Alternative

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy
xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702"
>
<wsp:ExactlyOne>
<sp:EncryptedParts>
<sp:Body/>
</sp:EncryptedParts>
<sp:EncryptedParts/>
</wsp:ExactlyOne>
</wsp:Policy>

By contrast, in Example 2-24, the encrypted body assertion is not in the first policy alternative. Therefore, in the default preference case the body is not encrypted. For policy selection preferences other than the default, the other preference rules apply.

Example 2-24 Body Assertion Not in First Policy Alternative

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy
xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702"
>
<wsp:ExactlyOne>
<sp:EncryptedParts/>
<sp:EncryptedParts>
<sp:Body/>
</sp:EncryptedParts>
</wsp:ExactlyOne>
</wsp:Policy>
Smart Policy Selection for a Standalone Client

You can set the policy selection preference via the stub property.

The following example sets the stub property for security, compatibility, and performance preferences for JAX-RPC:

stub._setProperty(WLStub.POLICY_SELECTION_PREFERENCE,

WLStub.PREFERENCE_SECURITY_COMPATIBILITY_PERFORMANCE);

For JAX-WS, consider the following example:

BindingProvider bindingProvider = (BindingProvider) port;
Map<String,Object> rc =
(Map<String,Object>)bindingProvider.getRequestContext();
rc.put(WLStub.POLICY_SELECTION_PREFERENCE,
WLStub.PREFERENCE_COMPATIBILITY_PERFORMANCE_SECURITY);

If the policy selection preference is not set, then the default preference (None) is used.

Multiple Transport Assertions

If there are multiple available transport-level assertions in your security policies, WebLogic Server uses the policy that requires https. If more than one policy alternative requires https, WebLogic Server randomly picks one of them. You should therefore avoid using multiple policy alternatives that contain mixed transport-level policy assertions.

Example of Adding Security to MTOM Web Service

Note:

The example shows adding security to a JAX-RPC web service. In this release, MTOM with WS-Security is supported for both JAX-WS and JAX-RPC.

As described in Optimizing Binary Data Transmission Optimization Using MTOM/XOP in Developing JAX-WS Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server, SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism/XML-binary Optimized Packaging (MTOM/XOP) defines a method for optimizing the transmission of XML data of type xs:base64Binary or xs:hexBinary in SOAP messages.

This section describes a combination of two examples that are optionally included with WebLogic Server:

  • EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wss1.1

  • EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\mtom

These existing examples include functional code and extensive instructions.html files that describes their use and function, how to build them, and so forth. This section does not repeat that information, but instead concentrates on the changes made to these examples, and the reasons for the changes. See Sample Applications and Code Examplesin Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server.

Files Used by This Example

The example uses the files shown in the Version-Independent Matrix table in Version-Independent Policy Supported. The contents of the source files are shown in subsequent sections.

Table 2-15 Files Used in MTOM/Security Example

File Description

build.xml

Ant build file that contains targets for building and running the example.

configWss.py

WLST script that configures a web service security configuration. This file is copied without change from EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wss1.1

MtomClient.java

Standalone client application that invokes the MTOM web service. This file uses the JAX-RPC Stubs generated by clientgen, based on the WSDL of the web service.

SecurityMtomService.java

JWS file that implements the MTOM web service. The JWS file uses the @Policy annotation to specify the WS-Policy files that are associated with the web service.

clientkeyStore.jks

Client-side key store, used to create a client-side BinarySecurityToken credential provider.

This file is copied without change from EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wss1.1\certs

serverkeyStore.jks

Server-side key store, used to create a Server-side BinarySecurityToken credential provider.

This file is copied without change from EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wss1.1\certs

testServerCertTempCert.der

Server-side certificate, used to create a client-side BinarySecurityToken credential provider.

This file is copied without change from EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wss1.1\certs

SecurityMtomService.java

The SecurityMtomService.java JWS file is the same as that in EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\mtom\MtomService.java, with the additional Policy annotations shown in bold.

Example 2-25 SecurityMtomService.java

package examples.webservices.security_mtom;
import weblogic.jws.Binding;
import weblogic.jws.Policy;
import weblogic.jws.Policies;
import weblogic.jws.Context;
import weblogic.jws.WLDeployment;
import weblogic.wsee.jws.JwsContext;
import weblogic.wsee.mtom.api.MtomPolicyInfo;
import weblogic.wsee.mtom.api.MtomPolicyInfoFactory;
import weblogic.wsee.policy.framework.PolicyException;

import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

/**
 * Sample to MTOM with JAX-RPC
 *
 * @author Copyright © 1996, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 
 * All rights reserved.
 */
@WebService
@Binding(Binding.Type.SOAP12)
//enable WSS + MTOM for this web service by adding the following canned policy files
@Policies({
    @Policy(uri = "policy:Mtom.xml"),
    @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml"), 
    @Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml"), 
@Policy(uri = "policy:Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey.xml") 
})
public class SecurityMtomService {

  public SecurityMtomService() {

  }

  /**
   * Input is sent as XOP'ed binary octet stream
   *
   * @param bytes input bytes
   * @return A simple String
   */
  @WebMethod
  public String echoBinaryAsString(byte[] bytes) {
    return new String(bytes);
  }

  /**
   * Output is sent as as XOP'ed binary octet stream
   *
   * @param s a simple String
   * @return byte[]
   */
  @WebMethod
  public byte[] echoStringAsBinary(String s) {
    return s.getBytes();
  }

  /**
   * input byte[] is sent as as XOP'ed binary octet stream
   *
   * @param array input byte[] array
   * @return String[]
   */
  @WebMethod
  public String[] echoBinaryArrayAsStringArray(byte[] array) {
    String[] strings = new String[1];
    strings[0] = new String(array);
    return strings;
  }
}

You can specify the @Policy annotation at both the class- and method- level. In this example, the annotation is used at the class-level to specify the predefined WS-Policy files, which means all public operations of the web service are associated with the specified WS-Policy files.

You use the @Policies annotation to group together multiple @Policy annotations. You can specify this annotation at both the class- and method-level. In this example, the annotation is used at the class-level to group the four @Policy annotations that specify the predefined WS-Policy files:

  • The predefined WS-Policy file Mtom.xml enables MTOM encoding.

  • As described in Protection Assertion Policies, the Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml policy file specifies that the body and WebLogic system headers of both the request and response SOAP message be digitally signed.

  • The Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml policy file specifies that the body of both the request and response SOAP messages be encrypted.

  • The Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey.xml symmetric binding policy uses the WS-Security 1.1 Encrypted Key feature. The client application invoking the web service must use the encrypted key to encrypt and sign, and the server must send Signature Confirmation.

MtomClient.java

MtomClient.java is a standalone client application that invokes the SecurityMtomService web service. It uses the JAX-RPC stubs generated by clientgen, based on the WSDL of the web service. The MtomClient code is shown in Example 2-26.

Example 2-26 MtomClient.java

package examples.webservices.security_mtom.client;

import java.rmi.RemoteException;

import java.security.cert.X509Certificate; 
import java.util.ArrayList; 
import java.util.List; 
import javax.xml.rpc.Stub; 

import weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager; 

// Import classes to create the Binary and Username tokens 
import weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider; 
import weblogic.wsee.security.unt.ClientUNTCredentialProvider; 

// Import classes for creating the client-side credential provider 
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext; 
import weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider; 
import weblogic.wsee.security.util.CertUtils; 

/**
 * @author Copyright © 1996, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 
 * All rights reserved. 
 */
public class MtomClient {
  private static final String FOO = "FOO";
  private static SecurityMtomService port;

  public MtomClient(String args[]) throws Exception {
    //client keystore file 
    String clientKeyStore = args[0]; 
    String clientKeyStorePass = args[1]; 
    String clientKeyAlias = args[2]; 
    String clientKeyPass = args[3];

    //server certificate
    String serverCertFile = args[4];
    String wsdl = args[5];

    SecurityMtomServiceService service = new SecurityMtomServiceService_Impl(wsdl);
    port = service.getSecurityMtomServiceSoapPort();

X509Certificate serverCert = (X509Certificate) CertUtils.getCertificate(serverCertFile);

    //create emtpy list of credential providers
    List credProviders = new ArrayList();

    //Create client-side BinarySecurityToken credential provider that uses
    // X.509 for identity, based on certificate and keys parameters
    CredentialProvider cp = new ClientBSTCredentialProvider(clientKeyStore,
 clientKeyStorePass, clientKeyAlias, clientKeyPass, "JKS", serverCert);
    credProviders.add(cp);

    Stub stub = (Stub) port;

    // Set stub property to point to list of credential providers
    stub._setProperty(WSSecurityContext.CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_LIST, credProviders);

    // setup the TrustManager.
    stub._setProperty(WSSecurityContext.TRUST_MANAGER,
        new TrustManager() {
          public boolean certificateCallback(X509Certificate[] chain, int validateErr) {
            //Typically in a real-life application, Java code that actually
            //verifies the certificate goes here; for sake of simplicity, this
            //example assumes the certificate is valid and simply returns true.

            return true;
          }
        });
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    MtomClient client = new MtomClient(args);
    client.invokeEchoBinaryAsString();
    client.invokeEchoStringAsBinary();
    client.invokeEchoBinaryArrayAsStringArray();
  }

  public void invokeEchoBinaryArrayAsStringArray() throws RemoteException {
    System.out.println("sending a String '" + FOO + "' as a byte array.");
    String result = port.echoBinaryArrayAsStringArray(FOO.getBytes()).getJavaLangstring()[0];
    System.out.println("echoing '" + result + "' as a String array.");
  }

  public void invokeEchoStringAsBinary() throws RemoteException {
    System.out.println("sending a String '" + FOO + "'");
    String result = new String(port.echoStringAsBinary(FOO));
    System.out.println("echoing '" + result + "' as a byte array.");
  }

  public void invokeEchoBinaryAsString() throws RemoteException {
    System.out.println("sending a String '" + FOO + "' as a byte array.");
    String result = port.echoBinaryAsString(FOO.getBytes());
    System.out.println("echoing '" + result + "' as a String.");
  }
}

The client application takes six arguments:

  • Client keystore

  • Client keystore password

  • Client key alias

  • Client key password

  • The server certificate file

  • WSDL of the deployed web service

The client application uses the following WebLogic web services security APIs to create the needed client-side credential providers, as specified by the WS-Policy files that are associated with the web service:

  • weblogic.wsee.security.bst.ClientBSTCredentialProvider to create a binary security token credential provider, using the certificate and private key.

  • weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.WSSecurityContext to specify the list of credential providers to the JAX-RPC stub.

  • weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.provider.CredentialProvider, which is the main credential provider class.

When you write this client application, you need to consult the WS-Policy files associated with a web service to determine the types and number of credential providers that must be set in the JAX-RPC stub. Typically, if the WS-Policy file specifies that SOAP messages must be signed or encrypted, using X.509 for identity, then you must create a ClientBSTCredentialProvider. (If it specifies that the user provides a username token for identity, then the application must create a ClientUNTCredentialProvider.)

The example creates a client BST credential provider for the indicated keystore, certificate alias, and server certificate. The certificate passed for the parameter serverCert is used to encrypt the message body contents and to verify the received signature. Any KeyInfo received as part of the in-bound signature (for example, certificate thumbprint) must correctly identify the same server certificate.

The web services client runtime also consults this WSDL so it can correctly create the security headers in the SOAP request when an operation is invoked.

Finally, the client application must use the weblogic.security.SSL.TrustManager WebLogic security API to verify that the certificate used to encrypt the SOAP request is valid. The client runtime gets this certificate (serverCert in the example) from the deployed WSDL of the web service, which in real-life situations is not automatically trusted, so the client application must ensure that it is okay before it uses it to encrypt the SOAP request.

Note:

The client-side certificate and private key used in this example have been created for simple testing purposes, and therefore are always trusted by WebLogic Server. For this reason, there is no additional server-side security configuration needed to run this example. In real life, however, the client application would use a certificate from a real certificate authority, such as Verisign. In this case, administrators would need to use the WebLogic Server Administration Console to add this certificate to the list that is trusted by WebLogic Server.

configWss.py Script File

The SecurityMtomService web service does not explicitly invoke any WebLogic Server API to handle the requirements imposed by any associated policy files, nor does this web service have to understand which, if any, security providers, tokens, or other such mechanisms are involved.

The script file configWss.py uses WLST to create and configure the default web service security configuration, default_wss, for the active security realm. (The default web service security configuration is used by all web services in the domain unless they have been explicitly programmed to use a different configuration.) Further, this script makes sure that x509 tokens are supported, creates the needed security providers, and so forth.

Example 2-27 shows the configWss.py file. The build.xml file provides the command input. Sections of particular interest are shown in bold.

Note:

Long lines in this script have been formatted for readability.

Example 2-27 configWss.py

userName = sys.argv[1]
passWord = sys.argv[2]
url="t3://"+sys.argv[3]+":"+sys.argv[4]

print "Connect to the running adminSever"

connect(userName, passWord, url)

edit()
startEdit()

#Enable assert x509 in SecurityConfiguration
rlm = cmo.getSecurityConfiguration().getDefaultRealm()
ia = rlm.lookupAuthenticationProvider("DefaultIdentityAsserter")
activeTypesValue = list(ia.getActiveTypes())
existed = "X.509" in activeTypesValue
if existed == 1:
  print 'assert x509 is aleady enabled'
else:
  activeTypesValue.append("X.509")
ia.setActiveTypes(array(activeTypesValue,java.lang.String))
ia.setDefaultUserNameMapperAttributeType('CN');
ia.setUseDefaultUserNameMapper(Boolean('true'));

#Create default WebServcieSecurity
securityName='default_wss'
defaultWss=cmo.lookupWebserviceSecurity(securityName)
if defaultWss == None:
  print 'creating new webservice security bean for: ' + securityName
  defaultWss = cmo.createWebserviceSecurity(securityName)
else:
  print 'found exsiting bean for: ' + securityName
  

#Create credential provider for DK
cpName='default_dk_cp'
wtm=defaultWss.lookupWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
if wtm == None:
        wtm = defaultWss.createWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
       wtm.setClassName('weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v200502.dk.
            DKCredentialProvider')
        wtm.setTokenType('dk')
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('Label')
        cpm.setValue('WS-SecureConversationWS-SecureConversation')
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('Length')
        cpm.setValue('16')
else:
  print 'found exsiting bean for: DK ' + cpName

#Create credential provider for x.509
cpName='default_x509_cp'
wtm=defaultWss.lookupWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
if wtm == None:
        wtm = defaultWss.createWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
        wtm.setClassName('weblogic.wsee.security.bst.
            ServerBSTCredentialProvider')
        wtm.setTokenType('x509')
else:
  print 'found exsiting bean for: x.509 ' + cpName 
  
#Custom keystore for xml encryption
cpName='ConfidentialityKeyStore'
cpm=wtm.lookupConfigurationProperty(cpName)
if cpm == None:
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty(cpName)
keyStoreName=sys.argv[5]
cpm.setValue(keyStoreName)

cpName='ConfidentialityKeyStorePassword'
cpm=wtm.lookupConfigurationProperty(cpName)
if cpm == None:
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty(cpName)
cpm.setEncryptValueRequired(Boolean('true'))
KeyStorePasswd=sys.argv[6]
cpm.setEncryptedValue(KeyStorePasswd)

cpName='ConfidentialityKeyAlias'
cpm=wtm.lookupConfigurationProperty(cpName)
if cpm == None:
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty(cpName)
keyAlias=sys.argv[7]
cpm.setValue(keyAlias)

cpName='ConfidentialityKeyPassword'
cpm=wtm.lookupConfigurationProperty(cpName)
if cpm == None:
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('ConfidentialityKeyPassword')
cpm.setEncryptValueRequired(Boolean('true'))
keyPass=sys.argv[8]
cpm.setEncryptedValue(keyPass)

#Custom keystore for xml digital signature
cpName='IntegrityKeyStore'
cpm=wtm.lookupConfigurationProperty(cpName)
if cpm == None:
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty(cpName)
keyStoreName=sys.argv[5]
cpm.setValue(keyStoreName)

cpName='IntegrityKeyStorePassword'
cpm=wtm.lookupConfigurationProperty(cpName)
if cpm == None:
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty(cpName)
cpm.setEncryptValueRequired(Boolean('true'))
KeyStorePasswd=sys.argv[6]
cpm.setEncryptedValue(KeyStorePasswd)

cpName='IntegrityKeyAlias'
cpm=wtm.lookupConfigurationProperty(cpName)
if cpm == None:
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty(cpName)
keyAlias=sys.argv[7]
cpm.setValue(keyAlias)

cpName='IntegrityKeyPassword'
cpm=wtm.lookupConfigurationProperty(cpName)
if cpm == None:
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty(cpName)
cpm.setEncryptValueRequired(Boolean('true'))
keyPass=sys.argv[8]
cpm.setEncryptedValue(keyPass)

#Create token handler for x509 token
#cpName='default_x509_handler'
th=defaultWss.lookupWebserviceTokenHandler(cpName)
if th == None:
        th = defaultWss.createWebserviceTokenHandler(cpName)
        th.setClassName('weblogic.xml.crypto.wss.BinarySecurityTokenHandler')
        th.setTokenType('x509')
        cpm = th.createConfigurationProperty('UseX509ForIdentity')
        cpm.setValue('true')

save()
activate(block="true")
disconnect()
exit()

Build.xml File

The build.xml file has the targets shown in the Version-Independent Matrix table in Version-Independent Policy Supported.

Table 2-16 build.xml targets

Target Description

client

Target that builds the Security MTOM web service client.

config.server.security

Target that configures the web service security.

deploy

Target that deploys the web service.

server

Target that builds the Security MTOM web service.

clean

Deletes temporary directories.

build

Depends on server, client, and clean.

run

Target that runs the Security MTOM web service client.

all

Default target. Depends on build, deploy.

The complete build.xml file is shown in Example 2-28.

Example 2-28 build.xml File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<project name="webservices.security_mtom" default="all" basedir=".">

  <!-- set global properties for this build -->
  <property file="../../../examples.properties"/>

  <property name="client.dir" value="${client.classes.dir}/webservicesSecurityMtom_Client" />
  <property name="package.dir" value="examples/webservices/security_mtom"/>
  <property name="package" value="examples.webservices.security_mtom"/>
  <property name="ws.file" value="SecurityMtomService" />
  <property name="ear.dir" value="${examples.build.dir}/webservicesSecurityMtomEar" />
  <property name="cert.dir" value="${basedir}/certs" />
  <property name="certs.dir" value="${basedir}/certs" />

  <!--client keystore-->
  <property name="client-keystore-name" value="clientKeyStore.jks"/>
  <property name="client-keystore-pass" value="keystorepw"/>  
  <property name="client-cert" value="ClientCert"/>
  <property name="client-key" value="ClientKey"/>
  <property name="client-key-pass" value="ClientKeyPass"/>
  <property name="client-cert-alias" value="testClientCert"/>
  
  <!--server keystore-->
  <property name="server-keystore-name" value="serverKeyStore.jks"/>
  <property name="server-keystore-pass" value="keystorepw"/>
  <property name="server-cert" value="ServerCert"/>
  <property name="server-key" value="ServerKey"/>
  <property name="server-key-pass" value="ServerKeyPass"/>
  <property name="server-cert-alias" value="testServerCert"/>

  <path id="client.class.path">
    <pathelement path="${client.dir}"/>
    <pathelement path="${java.class.path}"/>
  </path>

  <!-- Web Service WLS Ant task definitions -->
  <taskdef name="jwsc"
    classname="weblogic.wsee.tools.anttasks.JwscTask" />
  <taskdef name="clientgen"
      classname="weblogic.wsee.tools.anttasks.ClientGenTask" />

  <target name="all" depends="build, deploy"/>

  <target name="build" depends="clean,server,client"/>

  <target name="clean">
    <delete dir="${ear.dir}"/>
    <delete dir="${client.dir}"/>
  </target>

  <!-- Target that builds the MTOM Web Service -->
  <target name="server" description="Target that builds the MTOM Web Service">
    <jwsc
      srcdir="${examples.src.dir}/${package.dir}"
      sourcepath="${examples.src.dir}"
      destdir="${ear.dir}"
      classpath="${java.class.path}"
      fork="true"
      keepGenerated="true"
      deprecation="${deprecation}"
      debug="${debug}">
        <jws file="SecurityMtomService.java" explode="true"/>
    </jwsc>
  </target>

  <!-- Target that builds the MTOM Web Service client -->
  <target name="client" description="Target that builds the source Web Service">
    <mkdir dir="${client.dir}/${package.dir}/client/"/>
    <clientgen
      wsdl="${ear.dir}/${ws.file}/WEB-INF/${ws.file}Service.wsdl"
      destDir="${client.dir}"
      classpath="${java.class.path}"
      packageName="${package}.client"/>
    <copy file="MtomClient.java" todir="${client.dir}/${package.dir}/client/"/>
    <javac
      srcdir="${client.dir}" destdir="${client.dir}"
      classpath="${java.class.path}"
      includes="${package.dir}/client/**/*.java"/>
  </target>

  <!-- Target that deploys the MTOM Web Service -->
  <target name="deploy" description="Target that deploys the reliable destination Web Service">
    <wldeploy
      action="deploy"
      source="${ear.dir}"
      user="${wls.username}"
      password="${wls.password}"
      verbose="true"
      adminurl="t3://${wls.hostname}:${wls.port}"
      targets="${wls.server.name}"
      failonerror="${failondeploy}"/>
  </target>

  <!-- Target that runs the MTOM Web Service client -->
  <target name="run" >
    <java fork="true"
      classname="examples.webservices.security_mtom.client.MtomClient"
      failonerror="true" >
  <jvmarg line="-Dweblogic.wsee.verbose=*"/>
      <classpath refid="client.class.path"/>
      <arg line="  
      ${basedir}/certs/${client-keystore-name}
      ${client-keystore-pass}
      ${client-cert-alias}
      ${client-key-pass}    
      ${basedir}/certs/testServerCertTempCert.der
      http://${wls.hostname}:${wls.port}/SecurityMtomService/SecurityMtomService?WSDL" />
    </java>
  </target>

    <!-- Target the configure the web service security -->
  <target name="config.server.security" description="Target the configure the web service security">
    <copy todir="${examples.domain.dir}" overwrite="true">
      <fileset dir="${certs.dir}" includes="${server-keystore-name}"/>
    </copy>
      
    <java classname="weblogic.WLST" fork="true" failonerror="true">
      <arg line="configWss.py ${wls.username} ${wls.password} ${wls.hostname} ${wls.port}
      ${server-keystore-name} ${server-keystore-pass} ${server-cert-alias} ${server-key-pass}" />
    </java>
   
  </target>

</project>

Building and Running the Example

Follow these steps to build and run the example:

  1. Start the Examples server.
  2. Set up your environment, as described in the EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\examples.html instructions file, where EXAMPLES_HOME represents the directory in which the WebLogic Server code examples are configured. See Sample Applications and Code Examplesin Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server.

    ORACLE_HOME\user_projects\domains\wl_server>setExamplesEnv.cmd

  3. Change to the EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices directory and create a new subdirectory called security_mtom.
  4. Cut and paste the contents of the build.xml, configWss.py, MtomClient.java, and SecurityMtomService.java sections to files with the same names in the EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\security_mtom directory.
  5. Copy all of the files (clientKeyStore.jks, serverKeyStore.jks, and testServerCertTempCert.der) from

    EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wss1.1\certs

    to a new certs subdirectory

    EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\security_mtom\certs

  6. Change to the EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\security_mtom directory.
  7. Execute the following command:

    prompt> ant config.server.security

  8. Restart Weblogic Server.
  9. Build, deploy and run the example:

    prompt> ant build deploy run

Deployed WSDL for SecurityMtomService

The deployed WSDL for the SecurityMtomService web service is available at the following URL:

http://host:port/SecurityMtomService/SecurityMtomService?WSDL

The complete WSDL is shown in Example 2-29.

Example 2-29 Deployed WSDL for SecurityMtomService

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
  <s1:definitions name="SecurityMtomServiceServiceDefinitions"
targetNamespace="http://examples/webservices/security_mtom" xmlns=""
xmlns:s0="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
xmlns:s1="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
xmlns:s2="http://examples/webservices/security_mtom"
xmlns:s3="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/" 
xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy">
  <wsp:UsingPolicy s1:Required="true" /> 
  <wsp:Policy s0:Id="Mtom.xml">
  <wsoma:OptimizedMimeSerialization
xmlns:wsoma="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy/optimizedmimeserialization" /> 
  </wsp:Policy>
  <wsp:Policy s0:Id="Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey.xml">
  <sp:SymmetricBinding xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512">
  <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:ProtectionToken>
  <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:X509Token sp:IncludeToken="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512/IncludeToken/Never">
  <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:RequireThumbprintReference /> 
  <sp:WssX509V3Token11 /> 
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:X509Token>
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:ProtectionToken>
  <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
  <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:Basic256 /> 
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
  <sp:Layout>
  <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:Lax /> 
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Layout>
  <sp:IncludeTimestamp /> 
  <sp:OnlySignEntireHeadersAndBody /> 
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:SymmetricBinding>
  <sp:Wss11 xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200512">
  <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier /> 
  <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial /> 
  <sp:MustSupportRefThumbprint /> 
  <sp:MustSupportRefEncryptedKey /> 
  <sp:RequireSignatureConfirmation /> 
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Wss11>
  </wsp:Policy>
  <wsp:Policy s0:Id="Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml">
  <sp:EncryptedParts xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
  <sp:Body /> 
  </sp:EncryptedParts>
  </wsp:Policy>
  <wsp:Policy s0:Id="Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml">
  <sp:SignedParts xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
  <sp:Body /> 
  </sp:SignedParts>
  </wsp:Policy>
  <s1:types>
  <xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified"
targetNamespace="java:examples.webservices.security_mtom"
xmlns:s0="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
xmlns:s1="http://examples/webservices/security_mtom"
xmlns:s2="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/"
xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:complexType name="ArrayOfJavaLangstring_literal">
  <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="JavaLangstring" nillable="true" type="xs:string" /> 
  </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:element name="ArrayOfJavaLangstring_literal" type="java:ArrayOfJavaLangstring_literal" xmlns:java="java:examples.webservices.security_mtom" /> 
  <xs:element name="base64Binary_literal" type="xs:base64Binary" /> 
  </xs:schema>
  <xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified"
targetNamespace="http://examples/webservices/security_mtom"
xmlns:s0="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" 
xmlns:s1="http://examples/webservices/security_mtom"
xmlns:s2="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/" 
xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy" 
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:import namespace="java:examples.webservices.security_mtom" /> 
  <xs:element name="echoBinaryAsString">
  <xs:complexType>
  <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="bytes" type="xs:base64Binary" /> 
  </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="echoBinaryAsStringResponse">
  <xs:complexType>
  <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="return" type="xs:string" /> 
  </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="echoBinaryArrayAsStringArray">
  <xs:complexType>
  <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="array" type="xs:base64Binary" /> 
  </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="echoBinaryArrayAsStringArrayResponse">
  <xs:complexType>
  <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="return" type="java:ArrayOfJavaLangstring_literal" xmlns:java="java:examples.webservices.security_mtom" /> 
  </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="echoStringAsBinary">
  <xs:complexType>
  <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="s" type="xs:string" /> 
  </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="echoStringAsBinaryResponse">
  <xs:complexType>
  <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="return" type="xs:base64Binary" /> 
  </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  </xs:schema>
  </s1:types>
  <s1:message name="echoBinaryAsString">
  <s1:part element="s2:echoBinaryAsString" name="parameters" /> 
  </s1:message>
  <s1:message name="echoBinaryAsStringResponse">
  <s1:part element="s2:echoBinaryAsStringResponse" name="parameters" /> 
  </s1:message>
  <s1:message name="echoBinaryArrayAsStringArray">
  <s1:part element="s2:echoBinaryArrayAsStringArray" name="parameters" /> 
  </s1:message>
  <s1:message name="echoBinaryArrayAsStringArrayResponse">
  <s1:part element="s2:echoBinaryArrayAsStringArrayResponse" name="parameters" /> 
  </s1:message>
  <s1:message name="echoStringAsBinary">
  <s1:part element="s2:echoStringAsBinary" name="parameters" /> 
  </s1:message>
  <s1:message name="echoStringAsBinaryResponse">
  <s1:part element="s2:echoStringAsBinaryResponse" name="parameters" /> 
  </s1:message>
  <s1:portType name="SecurityMtomService" wsp:PolicyURIs="#Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml #Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml
#Wssp1.2-Wss1.1-EncryptedKey.xml">
  <s1:operation name="echoBinaryAsString" parameterOrder="parameters">
  <s1:input message="s2:echoBinaryAsString" /> 
  <s1:output message="s2:echoBinaryAsStringResponse" /> 
  </s1:operation>
  <s1:operation name="echoBinaryArrayAsStringArray" parameterOrder="parameters">
  <s1:input message="s2:echoBinaryArrayAsStringArray" /> 
  <s1:output message="s2:echoBinaryArrayAsStringArrayResponse" /> 
  </s1:operation>
  <s1:operation name="echoStringAsBinary" parameterOrder="parameters">
  <s1:input message="s2:echoStringAsBinary" /> 
  <s1:output message="s2:echoStringAsBinaryResponse" /> 
  </s1:operation>
  </s1:portType>
  <s1:binding name="SecurityMtomServiceServiceSoapBinding" type="s2:SecurityMtomService">
  <s3:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" /> 
  <wsp:Policy>
  <wsp:PolicyReference URI="#Mtom.xml" /> 
  </wsp:Policy>
  <s1:operation name="echoBinaryAsString">
  <s3:operation style="document" /> 
  <s1:input>
  <s3:body parts="parameters" use="literal" /> 
  </s1:input>
  <s1:output>
  <s3:body parts="parameters" use="literal" /> 
  </s1:output>
  </s1:operation>
  <s1:operation name="echoBinaryArrayAsStringArray">
  <s3:operation style="document" /> 
  <s1:input>
  <s3:body parts="parameters" use="literal" /> 
  </s1:input>
  <s1:output>
  <s3:body parts="parameters" use="literal" /> 
  </s1:output>
  </s1:operation>
  <s1:operation name="echoStringAsBinary">
  <s3:operation style="document" /> 
  <s1:input>
  <s3:body parts="parameters" use="literal" /> 
  </s1:input>
  <s1:output>
  <s3:body parts="parameters" use="literal" /> 
  </s1:output>
  </s1:operation>
  </s1:binding>
  <s1:service name="SecurityMtomServiceService">
  <s1:port binding="s2:SecurityMtomServiceServiceSoapBinding" name="SecurityMtomServiceSoapPort">
  <s3:address location="http://localhost:7001/SecurityMtomService/SecurityMtomService" /> 
  </s1:port>
  </s1:service>
  </s1:definitions>

Example of Adding Security to Reliable Messaging Web Service

This section describes an update to an example that is optionally included with WebLogic Server:

  • EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wsrm_security

This section shows how to update the example to use the most recent version of the policy file. Oracle recommends that you use the new policy namespace, as shown in the revised example, as those are official namespaces from OASIS standards and they will perform better when interoperating with other vendors.

Overview of Secure and Reliable SOAP Messaging

Reliable SOAP messaging is a framework whereby an application running in one WebLogic Server instance can reliably invoke a web service running on another WebLogic Server instance. Reliable is defined as the ability to guarantee message delivery between the two web services.

WebLogic web services conform to the WS-ReliableMessaging 1.1 specification, which describes how two web services running on different WebLogic Server application servers can communicate reliably in the presence of failures in software components, systems, or networks. In particular, the specification describes an interoperable protocol in which a message sent from a source endpoint (client web service) to a destination endpoint (web service whose operations can be invoked reliably) is guaranteed either to be delivered, according to one or more delivery assurances, or to raise an error. The WS-ReliableMessaging specification defines an interoperable way to provide security by composing WS-ReliableMessaging with WS-SecureConversation and associating a reliable sequence with a secure session. At sequence creation time, the sending side needs to present a Security Token Reference to point to a Security Context Token that will be used to identify the owner of the sequence. All subsequent sequence messages and protocol messages in both directions will need to demonstrate proof-of-possession of the referenced key.

WebLogic reliable SOAP messaging works only between two web services. This means that you can invoke a WebLogic web service reliably only from another web service, and not from a standalone client application. This example shows how to create both types of web services (source and destination). The WsrmSecurityClient.java class is a standalone Java application that then invokes the source web service.

Overview of the Example

The existing example shows how to provide security functionality on top of reliability for web services messaging by creating two WebLogic web services:

  • web service whose operations can be invoked using reliable and secure SOAP messaging (destination endpoint). The destination ReliableEchoService web service has two operations that can be invoked reliably and in a secure way: echo and echoOneway.

  • Client web service that invokes an operation of the first web service in a reliable and secure way (source endpoint). The source ReliableEchoClientService web service has one operation for invoking the echo and echoOneway operations of the ReliableEchoService web service reliably and in a secure way within one conversation: echo.

The existing example includes functional code and an extensive instructions.html file that describes its use and function, how to build it, and so forth This section does not repeat that information, but instead concentrates on the changes made to the example, and the reasons for the changes.

How the Example Sets Up WebLogic Security

The configWSS.py WLST script sets up security for the WebLogic Server instance that hosts the source and destination web service. The security requirements are dictated by the WS-SecurityPolicy files associated with the destination web service.

The Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml policy imposes the following requirements:

  • WS-SecureConversation handshake is protected by WS-Security 1.0.

  • The application messages are signed and encrypted with DerivedKeys.

  • The soap:Body of the RequestSecurityToken and RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection messages (part of the WS-SecureConversation handshake) are both signed and encrypted.

  • The WS-Addressing headers are signed.

  • Timestamp is included and signed.

  • The signature is encrypted.

  • The algorithm suite is Basic256.

In response, the configWSS.py WLST script performs the following functions:

  • Enables X.509 tokens for the default IdentityAsserter in the default security realm.

  • Creates the default web service security configuration.

  • Configures a credential provider for the Security Context Token.

  • Configures a credential provider for Derived Key.

  • Configures a BinarySecurityTokenHandler token handler for X.509 tokens.

  • Configures a ServerBSTCredentialProvider credential provider for X.509 tokens.

  • Configures keystores for confidentiality and integrity.

  • Configures the PKI credential mapper. This maps the initiator and target resource to a key pair or public certificate

In addition, the configWSSRuntime.py WLST script also performs the following function:

  • Sets up the PKI credential mapper (configured by configWSS.py) to invoke the destination web service.

Files Used by This Example

The example uses the files shown in the Version-Independent Matrix table in Version-Independent Policy Supported. The contents of revised source files are shown in subsequent sections.

Table 2-17 Files Used in WSRM/Security Example

File Description

build.xml

Ant build file that contains targets for building and running the example.

ReliableEchoClientServiceImpl.java

JWS file that implements the source web service that reliably invokes the echoOneWay and echo operation of the ReliableEchoService web service in a secure way. This JWS file uses the @ServiceClient annotation to specify the web service it invokes reliably.

ReliableEchoServiceImpl.java

JWS file that implements the reliable destination web service. This JWS file uses the @Policy annotation to specify a WS-Policy file that contains reliable SOAP messaging assertions.

ws_rm_configuration.py

WLST script that configures a SAF Agent, FileStore, JMS Server, and JMS queue, which are required for reliable SOAP messaging. Execute this script for the WebLogic Server instance that hosts the reliable destination web service. The out-of-the-box Examples server has already been configured for the source web service that invokes an operation reliably.

configWss.py

WLST script that configures a credential provider for Security Context Token, a credential provider for Derived Key, a credential provider for x.509, KeyStores for Confidentiality and Integrity, and PKI Cred Mapper that are required for secure SOAP messaging. Execute this script for the WebLogic Server instance that hosts the source and destination web service. Remember to restart the Weblogic server after executing this script

configWss_Service.py

WLST script that configures a credential provider for Security Context Token, a credential provider for Derived Key, a credential provider for x.509, KeyStores for Confidentiality and Integrity that are required by the server host the destination web service for secure SOAP messaging. Execute this script for the WebLogic Server instance that hosts the destination web service when the source and destination web service are hosted in two servers. Remember to restart the Weblogic server after executing this script.

configWssRuntime.py

WLST script that configures a KeyPair Credential for invoking the destination web service.

certs/testServerCertTempCert.der

Server-side certificate, used create client-side BinarySecurityToken credential provider.

certs/clientKeyStore.jks

Client-side key store, used to create client-side BinarySecurityToken credential provider.

certs/serverKeyStore.jks

Server-side key store, used to create Server-side BinarySecurityToken credential provider.

WsrmSecurityClient.java

Standalone Java client application that invokes the source WebLogic web service, that in turn invokes an operation of the ReliableEchoService web service in a reliable and secure way.

Revised ReliableEchoServiceImpl.java

The ReliableEchoServiceImpl.java JWS file is the same as that in EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wsrm_security\ReliableEchoServiceImpl.java, with the revised Policy annotation shown in bold.

Example 2-30 ReliableEchoServiceImpl.java

@WebService(name = "ReliableEchoPort",
    serviceName = "ReliableEchoService")
@WLHttpTransport(contextPath = "WsrmSecurity", serviceUri = "ReliableEchoService")
@Policies({
  @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wssc1.3-Bootstrap-Wss1.0.xml"), 
  @Policy(uri="policy:Reliability1.1_SequenceSTR")}
)

You can specify the @Policy annotation at both the class- and method- level. In this example, the annotation is used at the class-level to specify the predefined WS-Policy files, which means all public operations of the web service are associated with the specified WS-Policy files.

Revised configWss.py

The ReliableEchoServiceImpl web service does not explicitly invoke any WebLogic Server API to handle the requirements imposed by any associated policy files, nor does this web service have to understand which, if any, security providers, tokens, or other such mechanisms are involved.

The script file configWss.py uses WLST to create and configure the default web service security configuration, default_wss, for the active security realm. (The default web service security configuration is used by all web services in the domain unless they have been explicitly programmed to use a different configuration.) Further, this script makes sure that x509 tokens are supported, creates the needed security providers, and so forth.

The configWss.py file is the same as that in EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wsrm_security\configWss.py, with the changes shown in bold. The build.xml file provides the command input.

Note:

Long lines in this script have been formatted for readability.

Example 2-31 configWss.py

:
#Create credential provider for SCT
cpName='default_sct_cp'
wtm=defaultWss.lookupWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
if wtm == None:
  print 'creating new webservice credential provider : ' + cpName
  wtm = defaultWss.createWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
 wtm.setClassName('weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v13.sct.
    ServerSCCredentialProvider')
  wtm.setTokenType('sct')
  cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('TokenLifeTime')
  cpm.setValue('43200000')
else:
  print 'found exsiting bean for: ' + cpName

#Create credential provider for DK
cpName='default_dk_cp'
wtm=defaultWss.lookupWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
if wtm == None:
        wtm = defaultWss.createWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
      wtm.setClassName('weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v13.
           dk.DKCredentialProvider') 
        wtm.setTokenType('dk')
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('Label')
        cpm.setValue('WS-SecureConversationWS-SecureConversation')
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('Length')
        cpm.setValue('16')
else:
  print 'found exsiting bean for: DK ' + cpName
:

Revised configWss_Service.py

The configWss_Service.py script is similar to configWss.py, but it is used only when the source and destination web service are hosted in two servers.

The configWss_Service.py file is the same as that in EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wsrm_security\configWss_Service.py, with the changes shown in bold. The build.xml file provides the command input.

Note:

Long lines in this script have been formatted for readability.

Example 2-32 configWss_Service.py

:
 #Create credential provider for SCT
cpName='default_sct_cp'
wtm=defaultWss.lookupWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
if wtm == None:
  print 'creating new webservice credential provider : ' + cpName
  wtm = defaultWss.createWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
 wtm.setClassName('weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.
       v13.sct.ServerSCCredentialProvider') 
  wtm.setTokenType('sct')
  cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('TokenLifeTime')
  cpm.setValue('43200000')
else:
  print 'found exsiting bean for: ' + cpName

#Create credential provider for DK
cpName='default_dk_cp'
wtm=defaultWss.lookupWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
if wtm == None:
        wtm = defaultWss.createWebserviceCredentialProvider(cpName)
      wtm.setClassName('weblogic.wsee.security.wssc.v13.dk.
           DKCredentialProvider') 
        wtm.setTokenType('dk')
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('Label')
        cpm.setValue('WS-SecureConversationWS-SecureConversation')
        cpm = wtm.createConfigurationProperty('Length')
        cpm.setValue('16')
else:
  print 'found existing bean for: DK ' + cpName
:

Building and Running the Example

After you have changed the example to use the new policy namespace, follow the steps in the EXAMPLES_HOME\wl_server\examples\src\examples\webservices\wsrm_security\instructions.html file to build and run the example.

There are no changes needed to these steps.

Securing Web Services Atomic Transactions

When using web services atomic transactions, as described in Using Web Services Atomic Transactions in Developing JAX-WS Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server, it is recommended that you secure the application message headers that contain the coordination context and IssuedTokens using one of the following predefined policies:

  • Wssp1.2-2007-SignAndEncryptWSATHeaders.xml—Specifies that the WS-AtomicTransaction headers are signed and encrypted.

  • Wssp1.2-2007-Wsp1.5-SignAndEncryptWSATHeaders.xml—Specifies that the WS-AtomicTransaction headers are signed and encrypted. Web Services Policy 1.5 is used.

Note:

Because header encryption is available as part of the WS-Security 1.1 standard, it is highly recommended that you use only WS-Security 1.1 binding policies in conjunction with the policies listed above to secure the application request messages. WS-Security 1.1 binding policies contain <sp:Wss11> assertion in the policy and -Wss1.1 in the predefined policy name. If WS-Security 1.0 policies are used, WebLogic Server encrypts the header into WS-Security 1.0 non-standard format.

You can attach policies using one of the following methods:

The following example shows how to secure a web services atomic transaction programmatically, using the @Policy and @Policies annotations. Relevant code is shown in bold.

package jaxws.interop.rsp;
...
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.xml.ws.BindingType;
import weblogic.wsee.wstx.wsat.Transactional;
import weblogic.wsee.wstx.wsat.Transactional.TransactionalFlowType;
import weblogic.wsee.wstx.wsat.Transactional.Version;
import weblogic.jws.Policy; 
import weblogic.jws.Policies; 
...
@WebService(
     portName = "FlightServiceBindings_Basic", 
     serviceName = "FlightService", 
     targetNamespace = "http://wsinterop.org/samples", 
     wsdlLocation = "/wsdls/FlightService.wsdl", 
     endpointInterface = "jaxws.interop.rsp.IFlightService"
)
@BindingType("http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/http")
@javax.xml.ws.soap.Addressing
public class FlightServiceImpl implements IFlightService {
...
    @Transactional(value = Transactional.TransactionFlowType.SUPPORTS, 
                  version = Transactional.Version.WSAT12)
    @Policies({
       @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-EncryptBody.xml"
       @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignAndEncryptWSATHeaders.xml"
       @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-SignBody.xml"
       @Policy(uri="policy:Wssp1.2-2007-Wss1.1-X509-Basic256.xml"
    })
    public FlightReservationResponse reserveFlight(FlightReservationRequest request) {
        //replace with your impl here
        FlightReserverationEnitity entity = new FlightReserverationEnitity();
        entity.setAirlineID(request.getAirlineID());
        entity.setFlightNumber(request.getFlightNumber());
        entity.setFlightType(request.getFlightType());
        boolean successful = saveRequest(entity);
        FlightReservationResponse response = new FlightReservationResponse();
        if (!successful) {
           response.setConfirmationNumber("OF" +  CONF_NUMBER++ + "-" + request.getAirlineID() + 
                   String.valueOf(entity.getId()));
        } else if (request.getFlightNumber() == null ||
                   request.getFlightNumber().trim().endsWith("LAS"))   {
           successful = false;
           response.setConfirmationNumber("OF" + "- No flight available for " +
                   request.getAirlineID());
        } else {
           response.setConfirmationNumber("OF" +  CONF_NUMBER++ + "-" + request.getAirlineID() +
                  String.valueOf(entity.getId()));
        }
        response.setSuccess(successful);
        return response;
    }

Proprietary Web Services Security Policy Files (JAX-RPC Only)

Previous releases of WebLogic Server, released before the formulation of the WS-SecurityPolicy specification, used security policy files written under the WS-Policy specification, using a proprietary schema for security policy.

Note:

The security policy files written under the web services security policy schema are deprecated in this release.

WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 policy files and proprietary web services security policy schema files are not mutually compatible; you cannot define both types of policy file in the same web service. If you want to use WS-Security 1.1 features, you must use the WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 policy file format.

This section describes the set of predefined web services security policy schema files included in WebLogic Server. These policy files are all abstract; see Abstract and Concrete Policy Files for details.

The policy assertions used in these security policy files to configure message-level security for a WebLogic web service are based on the assertions described in the December 18, 2002 version of the Web Services Security Policy Language (WS-SecurityPolicy) specification. This means that although the exact syntax and usage of the assertions in WebLogic Server are different, they are similar in meaning to those described in the specification. The assertions are not based on later updates of the specification.

The predefined web services security policy files are:

  • Auth.xml specifies that the client must authenticate itself. Can be used on its own, or together with Sign.xml and Encrypt.xml.

  • Sign.xml specifies that the SOAP messages are digitally signed. Can be used on its own, or together with Auth.xml and Encrypt.xml.

  • Encrypt.xml specifies that the SOAP messages are encrypted. Can be used on its own, or together with Auth.xml and Sign.xml.

  • Wssc-dk.xml specifies that the client and service share a security context when multiple messages are exchanged and that derived keys are used for encryption and digital signatures, as described by the WS-SecureConversation specification.

    Note:

    This predefined policy file is meant to be used on its own and not together with Auth.xml, Sign.xml, Encrypt.xml, or Wssc-sct.xml. Also, Oracle recommends that you use this policy file, rather than Wssc-sct.xml ( Wssc-sct.xml), if you want the client and service to share a security context, due to its higher level of security.

  • Wssc-sct.xml specifies that the client and service share a security context when multiple messages are exchanged, as described by the WS-SecureConversation specification.

    Note:

    This predefined policy file is meant to be used on its own and not together with Auth.xml, Sign.xml, Encrypt.xml, or Wssc-dk.xml. Also, Oracle provides this policy file to support the various use cases of the WS-SecureConversation specification; however, Oracle recommends that you use the Wssc-dk.xml (Wssc-dk.xml) policy file, rather than Wssc-sct.xml (Wssc-sct.xml), if you want the client and service to share a security context, due to its higher level of security.

Abstract and Concrete Policy Files

The WebLogic web services runtime environment recognizes two slightly different types of security policy files: abstract and concrete.

Abstract policy files do not explicitly specify the security tokens that are used for authentication, encryption, and digital signatures, but rather, the web services runtime environment determines the security tokens when the web service is deployed. Specifically, this means the <Identity> and <Integrity> elements (or assertions) of the policy files do not contain a <SupportedTokens><SecurityToken> child element, and the <Confidentiality> element policy file does not contain a <KeyInfo><SecurityToken> child element.

If your web service is associated with only the predefined policy files, then client authentication requires username tokens. web services support only one type of token for encryption and digital signatures (X.509), which means that in the case of the <Integrity> and <Confidentiality> elements, concrete and abstract policy files end up being essentially the same.

If your web service is associated with an abstract policy file and it is published as an attachment to the WSDL (which is the default behavior), the static WSDL file packaged in the web service archive file (JAR or WAR) will be slightly different than the dynamic WSDL of the deployed web service. This is because the static WSDL, being abstract, does not include specific <SecurityToken> elements, but the dynamic WSDL does include these elements because the web services runtime has automatically filled them in when it deployed the service. For this reason, in the code that creates the JAX-RPC stub in your client application, ensure that you specify the dynamic WSDL or you will get a runtime error when you try to invoke an operation: HelloService service = new HelloService(Dynamic_WSDL);

You can specify either the static or dynamic WSDL to the clientgen Ant task in this case. See Browsing to the WSDL of the Web Service in Developing JAX-RPC Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server for information on viewing the dynamic WSDL of a deployed web service.

Concrete policy files explicitly specify the details of the security tokens at the time the web service is programmed. Programmers create concrete security policy files when they know, at the time they are programming the service, the details of the type of authentication (such as using x509 or SAML tokens); whether multiple private key and certificate pairs from the keystore are going to be used for encryption and digital signatures; and so on.

Auth.xml

The WebLogic Server Auth.xml file, shown below, specifies that the client application invoking the web service must authenticate itself with one of the tokens (username or X.509) that support authentication.

Because the predefined web services security policy schema files are abstract, there is no specific username or X.509 token assertions in the Auth.xml file at development-time. Depending on how you have configured security for WebLogic Server, either a username token, an X.509 token, or both will appear in the actual runtime-version of the Auth.xml policy file associated with your web service. Additionally, if the runtime-version of the policy file includes an X.509 token and it is applied to a client invoke, then the entire body of the SOAP message is signed.

If you want to specify that only X.509, and never username tokens, be used for identity, or want to specify that, when using X.509 for identity, only certain parts of the SOAP message be signed, then you must create a custom security policy file.

Example 2-33 Auth.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy
  xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
  xmlns:wssp="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy"
  >
  <wssp:Identity/>
</wsp:Policy>

Sign.xml

The WebLogic Server Sign.xml file specifies that the body and WebLogic-specific system headers of the SOAP message be digitally signed. It also specifies that the SOAP message include a Timestamp, which is digitally signed, and that the token used for signing is also digitally signed. The token used for signing is included in the SOAP message.

The following headers are signed when using the Sign.xml security policy file:

  • SequenceAcknowledgement

  • AckRequested

  • Sequence

  • Action

  • FaultTo

  • From

  • MessageID

  • RelatesTo

  • ReplyTo

  • To

  • SetCookie

  • Timestamp

The WebLogic Server Sign.xml file is shown below:

Example 2-34 Sign.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy
  xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
  xmlns:wssp="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy"
  xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
  xmlns:wls="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part"
  >
  <wssp:Integrity>
    <wssp:SignatureAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1"/>
    <wssp:CanonicalizationAlgorithm 
          URI="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
      <wssp:MessageParts 
          Dialect="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part">
          wls:SystemHeaders()
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
      <wssp:MessageParts 
          Dialect="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part">
          wls:SecurityHeader(wsu:Timestamp)
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
      <wssp:MessageParts 
          Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/2002/12/wsse#part">
          wsp:Body()
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
  </wssp:Integrity>
  <wssp:MessageAge/>
</wsp:Policy>

Encrypt.xml

The WebLogic Server Encrypt.xml file specifies that the entire body of the SOAP message be encrypted. By default, the encryption token is not included in the SOAP message.

Example 2-35 Encrypt.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy
  xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
  xmlns:wssp="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy"
  >
  <wssp:Confidentiality>
    <wssp:KeyWrappingAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#rsa-1_5"/>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:EncryptionAlgorithm 
         URI="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#tripledes-cbc"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts 
         Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/2002/12/wsse#part">
         wsp:Body()
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:KeyInfo/>
  </wssp:Confidentiality>
</wsp:Policy>

Wssc-dk.xml

Specifies that the client and web service share a security context, as described by the WS-SecureConversation specification, and that a derived key token is used. This ensures the highest form of security.

This policy file provides the following configuration:

  • A derived key token is used to sign all system SOAP headers, the timestamp security SOAP header, and the SOAP body.

  • A derived key token is used to encrypt the body of the SOAP message. This token is different from the one used for signing.

  • Each SOAP message uses its own pair of derived keys.

  • For both digital signatures and encryption, the key length is 16 (as opposed to the default 32)

  • The lifetime of the security context is 12 hours.

If you need to change the default security context and derived key behavior, you will have to create a custom security policy file, described in later sections.

Note:

If you specify this predefined security policy file, you should not also specify any other predefined security policy file.

Example 2-36 Wssc-dk.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy
  xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
  xmlns:wssp="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy"
  xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
  xmlns:wls="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part"
  >
  <wssp:Integrity SupportTrust10="true">
    <wssp:SignatureAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#hmac-sha1"/>
    <wssp:CanonicalizationAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts Dialect="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part">
          wls:SystemHeaders()
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts Dialect="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part">
          wls:SecurityHeader(wsu:Timestamp)
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/2002/12/wsse#part">
       wsp:Body()
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:SupportedTokens>
      <wssp:SecurityToken IncludeInMessage="true"
        TokenType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc/dk"
        DerivedFromTokenType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc/sct">
        <wssp:Claims>
          <wssp:Label>WS-SecureConversationWS-SecureConversation</wssp:Label>
          <wssp:Length>16</wssp:Length>
        </wssp:Claims>
      </wssp:SecurityToken>
    </wssp:SupportedTokens>
  </wssp:Integrity>
  <wssp:Confidentiality SupportTrust10="true">
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:EncryptionAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/2002/12/wsse#part">
wsp:Body()</wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:KeyInfo>
      <wssp:SecurityToken IncludeInMessage="true"
        TokenType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc/dk"
        DerivedFromTokenType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc/sct">
        <wssp:Claims>
          <wssp:Label>WS-SecureConversationWS-SecureConversation</wssp:Label>
          <wssp:Length>16</wssp:Length>
        </wssp:Claims>
      </wssp:SecurityToken>
    </wssp:KeyInfo>
  </wssp:Confidentiality>
  <wssp:MessageAge/>
</wsp:Policy>

Wssc-sct.xml

Specifies that the client and web service share a security context, as described by the WS-SecureConversation specification. In this case, security context tokens are used to encrypt and sign the SOAP messages, which differs from Wssc-dk.xml (Wssc-dk.xml) in which derived key tokens are used. The Wssc-sct.xml policy file is provided to support all the use cases of the specification; for utmost security, however, Oracle recommends you always use Wssc-dk.xml (Wssc-dk.xml) when specifying shared security contexts due to its higher level of security.

This security policy file provides the following configuration:

  • A security context token is used to sign all system SOAP headers, the timestamp security SOAP header, and the SOAP body.

  • A security context token is used to encrypt the body of the SOAP message.

  • The lifetime of the security context is 12 hours.

If you need to change the default security context and derived key behavior, you will have to create a custom security policy file, described in later sections.

Note:

If you specify this predefined security policy file, you should not also specify any other predefined security policy file.

Example 2-37 Wssc-sct.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wsp:Policy
  xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"
  xmlns:wssp="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy"
  xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
  xmlns:wls="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part"
  >
  <wssp:Integrity SupportTrust10="true">
    <wssp:SignatureAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#hmac-sha1"/>
    <wssp:CanonicalizationAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts Dialect="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part">
         wls:SystemHeaders()
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts Dialect="http://www.bea.com/wls90/security/policy/wsee#part">
         wls:SecurityHeader(wsu:Timestamp)
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:DigestAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/2002/12/wsse#part">
      wsp:Body()
      </wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:SupportedTokens>
      <wssp:SecurityToken IncludeInMessage="true"
        TokenType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc/sct">
      </wssp:SecurityToken>
    </wssp:SupportedTokens>
  </wssp:Integrity>
  <wssp:Confidentiality SupportTrust10="true">
    <wssp:Target>
      <wssp:EncryptionAlgorithm URI="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc"/>
      <wssp:MessageParts Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/2002/12/wsse#part">
wsp:Body()</wssp:MessageParts>
    </wssp:Target>
    <wssp:KeyInfo>
      <wssp:SecurityToken IncludeInMessage="true"
        TokenType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/sc/sct">
      </wssp:SecurityToken>
    </wssp:KeyInfo>
  </wssp:Confidentiality>
  <wssp:MessageAge />
</wsp:Policy>