WS-Security authentication and protection for default bindings

Use the links on this page to configure authentication, signature, and encryption information that the policy requires when using default bindings.

You can configure authentication, signature, and encryption information for tokens and message parts when you are editing a default cell or server binding.

To view this administrative console page when you are editing a default cell binding, complete the following actions:
  1. Click Services > Policy sets > Default policy set bindings.
  2. Click the WS-Security policy in the Policies table.
  3. Click the Authentication and protection link in the Main message security policy bindings section.
Protection tokens – Protection token name

Specifies a list of protection tokens that can be configured in the Protection tokens table.

The following actions are available for default bindings:
Button Resulting Action
New Token Creates a new protection token type.
Delete Removes the selected protection token type.
Protection tokens – Usage

Specifies the policy assertion usage names that you can customize in the Protection tokens table.

For the usage field, the following options are available for the default bindings:
  • Asymmetric encryption generator
  • Asymmetric encryption consumer
  • Asymmetric signature generator
  • Asymmetric signature consumer
  • Symmetric encryption generator
  • Symmetric encryption consumer
  • Symmetric signature generator
  • Symmetric signature consumer
Authentication tokens – Authentication token name

Specifies a list of authentication tokens that you can customize in the Authentication tokens table when using default bindings.

If you are working with a Username token or LTPA token that is using default bindings, the user names and passwords might have been provided as examples. When you click a Username token or LTPA token link, you need to update the values for these token types using the Callback handler link found on the Authentication token settings page.

The following actions are available for default bindings:
Button Resulting Action
New Token Creates a new authentication token type.
Delete Removes the selected authentication token type.
Authentication tokens – Usage

Specifies the usage names from the Authentication tokens table for default bindings.

The following options are available for default bindings:
  • Inbound
  • Outbound
Request message signature and encryption protection – Name

Specifies a unique name to identify the request message part from the Request message signature and encryption protection table that is protected.

The following actions are available for default bindings:
Button Resulting Action
New Signature Creates a new signature.
New Encryption Creates a new encryption protection.
Delete Removes the selected request message part.
Request message signature and encryption protection – Protection

Specifies the type of protection from the Request message signature and encryption protection table. This field displays the type of protection enabled for the default binding.

Response message signature and encryption protection – Name

Specifies a unique name to identify the response message part from the Response message signature and encryption protection table that is protected.

The following actions are available for default bindings:
Button Resulting Action
New Signature Creates a new response message signature.
New Encryption Creates a new encryption.
Delete Removes the selected response message part.
Move up Moves the selected response message part up in the order.
Move down Moves the selected response message part down in the order.
Response message signature and encryption protection – Protection

Specifies the type of protection enabled from the Response message signature and encryption protection table. This field displays the type of protection enabled for the response message part.

Response message signature and encryption protection – Order

Specifies the order in which the signatures and encryptions occur. Use the Move up and Move down actions to order the list of protection types in this table.




Links marked (online) require access to the Internet.

Related tasks
Related reference
Protection token settings (generator or consumer)
Authentication token settings (generator or consumer)
WS-Security authentication and protection for custom bindings
Signed or Encrypted message part settings
Callback handler settings
Policy set bindings settings
Keys and certificates

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