Document Information

Preface

Part I Introduction

1.  Overview

2.  Using the Tutorial Examples

Part II The Web Tier

3.  Getting Started with Web Applications

4.  Java Servlet Technology

5.  JavaServer Pages Technology

6.  JavaServer Pages Documents

7.  JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library

8.  Custom Tags in JSP Pages

9.  Scripting in JSP Pages

10.  JavaServer Faces Technology

11.  Using JavaServer Faces Technology in JSP Pages

12.  Developing with JavaServer Faces Technology

13.  Creating Custom UI Components

14.  Configuring JavaServer Faces Applications

15.  Internationalizing and Localizing Web Applications

Part III Web Services

16.  Building Web Services with JAX-WS

17.  Binding between XML Schema and Java Classes

18.  Streaming API for XML

19.  SOAP with Attachments API for Java

Part IV Enterprise Beans

20.  Enterprise Beans

21.  Getting Started with Enterprise Beans

22.  Session Bean Examples

23.  A Message-Driven Bean Example

Part V Persistence

24.  Introduction to the Java Persistence API

25.  Persistence in the Web Tier

26.  Persistence in the EJB Tier

27.  The Java Persistence Query Language

Part VI Services

Overview of Java EE Security

A Simple Security Example

Step 1: Initial Request

Step 2: Initial Authentication

Step 3: URL Authorization

Step 4: Fulfilling the Original Request

Step 5: Invoking Enterprise Bean Business Methods

Security Functions

Characteristics of Application Security

Security Implementation Mechanisms

Java SE Security Implementation Mechanisms

Java EE Security Implementation Mechanisms

Application-Layer Security

Transport-Layer Security

Message-Layer Security

Securing Containers

Using Deployment Descriptors for Declarative Security

Using Annotations

Using Programmatic Security

Securing the Application Server

Working with Realms, Users, Groups, and Roles

What Are Realms, Users, Groups, and Roles?

What Is a Realm?

What Is a User?

What Is a Group?

What Is a Role?

Some Other Terminology

Managing Users and Groups on the Application Server

Adding Users to the Application Server

Adding Users to the Certificate Realm

Setting Up Security Roles

Mapping Roles to Users and Groups

Establishing a Secure Connection Using SSL

Installing and Configuring SSL Support

Specifying a Secure Connection in Your Application Deployment Descriptor

Verifying SSL Support

Tips on Running SSL

Working with Digital Certificates

Creating a Server Certificate

Signing Digital Certificates

Using a Different Server Certificate with the Application Server

Miscellaneous Commands for Certificates

Enabling Mutual Authentication over SSL

Creating a Client Certificate for Mutual Authentication

Further Information about Security

29.  Securing Java EE Applications

30.  Securing Web Applications

31.  The Java Message Service API

32.  Java EE Examples Using the JMS API

33.  Transactions

34.  Resource Connections

35.  Connector Architecture

Part VII Case Studies

36.  The Coffee Break Application

37.  The Duke's Bank Application

Part VIII Appendixes

A.  Java Encoding Schemes

B.  About the Authors

Index

 

Chapter 28

Introduction to Security in the Java EE Platform

This and subsequent chapters discuss how to address security requirements in Java EE, web, and web services applications. Every enterprise that has sensitive resources that can be accessed by many users, or resources that traverse unprotected, open, networks, such as the Internet, needs to be protected.

This chapter introduces basic security concepts and security implementation mechanisms. More information on these concepts and mechanisms can be found in the Security chapter of the Java EE 5 specification. This document is available for download online at http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=244.

Other chapters in this tutorial that address security requirements include the following:

Some of the material in this chapter assumes that you understand basic security concepts. To learn more about these concepts, you should explore the Java SE security web site before you begin this chapter. The URL for this site is http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/security/.

This tutorial assumes deployment onto the Application Server and provides some information regarding configuration of the Application Server. See the Application Server documentation set at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1343.4 for more information.