This seems like the kind of thing that should be do-able. Can I submit a
bug report/feature request to support this style of authentication?  How
active is wss4j development - what are the chances of this being
implemented? 

Thanks,

Lee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruchith Fernando [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:11 AM
> To: Lee Breisacher
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: alternative password verification
> 
> Hi Lee,
> 
> IMHO you have to stick to plain text password. And to make it 
> effective you will have to use a secure transport (HTTPS) or 
> encrypt the UsernameToken header.
> 
> WSS4J does not carryout any authentication in the case of the 
> plain text password in a UsernameToken. It allows you you to 
> authenticate the user using the mechanisms available as you 
> described.  This can be done by a handler after the 
> WSDoAllReceiver or at the service.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ruchith
> 
> On 7/10/06, Lee Breisacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a system configuration that doesn't seem to fit into 
> the wss4j 
> > password-verification mechanism.  I'm on the server side 
> and I do not 
> > have direct access to passwords, so I cannot write a password 
> > CallbackHandler that fills in the password for a given user 
> id. Rather 
> > I have programmatic access to a name/password-verification 
> system -- I 
> > pass in a name/password pair and it answers "valid" or "not valid" 
> > (I'm oversimplifying, but that's the basic idea).
> >
> > I've managed to make it work when I use PasswordText (plain text
> > passwords) because in that case the WSPasswordCallback 
> object includes 
> > the plain text password. But in the case where the password is 
> > digested, the WSPasswordCallback object does not include 
> the password 
> > (digested or otherwise).
> >
> > So, does anyone have a suggestion for how to best utilize wss4j in 
> > this situation?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > 
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