On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Stadelmann Josef <
josef.stadelm...@axa-winterthur.ch> wrote:

> **
>
> Hi developers,
>
> We have a Axis2 and Addressing.mar on Tomcat on JDK 1.5 on OpenVMS –
>
> And our Web Service runs in scope="soapsession", which makes long lasting
> sessions.
>
> We have a .NET .VB .C#  WCF 3.5 WS Client communicating through a SOAP-XML
> over HTTP Protocoll
>
> using the ServicegroupId Header to make long lasting sessions 
> inscope="soapsession"possible.
>
> All works fine and performat !!! Thanks to Axis2 and WCF 3.5 .NET
>
> Now we need to secure the following !!!
>
> Username and Password is a part of a login-request-soap-body-element
>
> This is no longer allowed to be transmitted un-encrypted in clear text
> over the network.
>
> We could switch to HTTPS/SSL and the game is over !!!!
>
> But, we are interessted in using a more WS oriented approach and in
> learning!
>

I am not sure why you have to send the user name and password in soap body.
But with WS-Security you can use the User name Token to authenticate the
users and send the message with http/ssl.

thanks,
Amila.


> Hence in this situation INTEROPERABILITY is our major issue!
>
> And a Tools Based Appraoch to reach that fast is another issue!
>
> (even time is not a killer, but we want to learn how to make faster progress
> with Web Services and in particular security)
>
> We like to remain with Tomcat and Axis2 running on OpenVMS 8.4 and a JDK
> 1.5.0 or JDK 6.0.
>
> What technology shall we use to encrypt the password in a SOAP-BOADY,
>
> maybe we like to have sort of re-authentication after some time-out laterin a 
> SOAP-HEADER
> .
>
> We intend to use Rampart with the Axis2-Engine running our WS
>
> BUT
>
> What do we need on the Client Site to get first
>
> the password encrypted (Message Level Security) and
>
> later other sensible SOAP-HEADER/BODY-ELEMENTS
>
> How do this things fit together? .NET and WS-* (Security)
>
> Is there a good article somewhere how to achive that?
>
> How could WSIT from SUN (the Metro WS Stack) help us?
>
> Does Apache Axis2-Team run or participate on the PLUG-FEST from Microsoft
> and SUN
>
> where participants demonstrate theire interoperability capabilitiesagainst 
> defined web-service servers/szenarios
> ?
>
> What whould be your approach / response to this Security Based
> Interoperabiliy Issues?
>
> And how can we best make use of NetBeans (anything that supports us)
>
> Thank'sfull for a Hint
>
> Josef
>



-- 
Amila Suriarachchi
WSO2 Inc.
blog: http://amilachinthaka.blogspot.com/

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