yes. it's usable. if u have a build problem, ask for help on fx-dev mailing list


On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:07:05 +0000, Ben Anderson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is wss4j even usable at this point?  I downloaded the source
> yesterday, but it wouldn't build.
> 
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:04:34 -0400, Greg Michalopoulos
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Check out wss4j from Apache (http://ws.apache.org/ws-fx/wss4j/).  This is an
> > implementation of the WS-Security spec.  Documentation is a little weak at
> > this point in time, but I was about to use the UsernameToken in the SOAP
> > header and a password callback class to authenticate a user making a
> > request.  The spec outlines ways to encrypt and sign SOAP messages as well.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wagle, Shriniwas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:23 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: adding security to webservices in axis
> >
> > We implemented security at the transport level using SSL with
> > client-authentication.
> > The good thing about this is the web services code does not have to deal
> > with security related aspects at all.  It works well, and in a predictable
> > manner.
> > We had a binary level of security - either a client can invoke the web
> > service or not.  We didn't have tiered security or diff levels of
> > authorization.  Having to deal with that will complicate this solution.
> >
> > The negative aspect is the overhead in managing all the certs and keys
> > floating around and ensuring the security policy is well understood and
> > adhered to.
> >
> > The latest JAX RPC comes with message level security.  You might want to
> > explore that but I believe the standardization in that area is not yet
> > complete.  So not sure about the level of interoperability needs on your
> > project and the impact of using something non-standard.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marco Mistroni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:43 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: adding security to webservices in axis
> >
> > Hello all,
> >         I have a question for axis mailing list..
> > I would like to add security to my axis webservice, and I am looking For
> > tips..
> > What I want to avoid is to going and modify the web.xml in tomcat for adding
> > Users....
> > I am sure that there is at least someone on this list which came across This
> > problem...
> >
> > Any hints will be appreciated...
> >
> > Thanks in advance and regards
> >         marco
> >
> >
> 


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