I would like to further expand on this scenario. Is it possible to
construct a security policy that has 2 alternatives, that is a Web
client can satisfy all requirements in either scenario 1 or scenario 2. 

For example, in scenario 1, the Web Service client has to use
UsernameToken, while in Scenario 2, there is no security mechanism in
place. I know this is possible with WS-Security Policy but I'm not sure
if scenario 2 is possible, i.e. no security mechanism at all. 

Regards
Sanjay 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sanjay Vivek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>Sent: 21 April 2008 14:04
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Editing the services.xml to allow both Basic Auth and 
>Rampart auth.
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>Is it possible to deploy a service that is either Basic Auth 
>or Rampart auth enabled by defining it in the services.xml? 
>For example, if we wish to a deploy a Basic Auth enabled 
>service, we edit the server.xml (for
>Tomcat) accordlingly and we do the same for Rampart authentication. 
>
>However, to enable this, the services.xml file has to be 
>edited so that it allows clients to send SOAP messages that 
>contain both WS-SEC and non-WS-SEC headers (in the form of 
>Basic auth) to consume the service.
>So basically the service shouldn't throw up exceptions when 
>the client is not Rampart enabled.
>
>Any insight would be appreciated. Cheers.
>
>Regards
>--------------
>Sanjay Vivek
>Web Analyst
>Middleware Team
>ISS
>University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
>

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