by "Web Services are made out of Session EJBs" you mean you have Session
EJBs that expose a SOAP-over-HTTP interface? WSS4J uses 2 handlers, one
client-side and one server-side (WSDoAllSender (client) and
WSDoAllReceiver (server)) which plug into the handler chain supported by
Axis to "intercept" the request on its way to the server. WSDoAllSender
adds a WSSecurity header to the SOAP message on send (configured using a
properties file). WSDoAllReceiver then processes the incoming message,
validates whatever it's configured to validate and then passes the
request on to your handlers/service (or rejects the message if it does
not validate properly). to add UsernameTokens to a request and process
them on the server requires a CallbackHandler on the client side which
can provide the password for a user. this is then processed into a
UsernameToken, included in the SOAP header, and on the server side
you'll need another CallbackHandler which can provide the password for
the user (pulled from LDAP) which WSS4J will compare to what's provided
in the UsernameToken and thus authenicate the message before your
service (however it's implemented) ever gets called. it's quite
transparent for the most part. it also inserts a few entries in the
MessageContext so you can later determine what kind of authenication has
been done.
hth.
.......................ron.
Michael Rudolf wrote:
Is there any difference in case the Web Services are made out of
Session EJBs? Or does WSS4J work the same way in that case?
Thanks!
Michael
you may want to look at WSS4J and UsernameTokens. they're pretty
straight-forward as long as your client can support them. they are
part of
the WS-Security standard if you want to stick with "endorsed"
authentication
mechanisms. then on the server-side you'll typically need a JNDI
interface to
your LDAP server to authenticate the user on that side.
hth.
................ron.
Hi,
is there any tutorial or example for authenticating users of we
services
by username and pass over HTTPS? Can anybody explain in more detail how
this works? Is there any alternative to it? I want to query axis web
sercvices from a portal. That uses LDAP for authetication. I would like
to use the same directory for authenticating the users at the web
services that are being queried.
Thanks for any help!
Michael
