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6.6.18.1b with the Java console: About configuring application security

6.6.18.1b with the Java console: About configuring application security

IBM WebSphere Application Server provides security at several levels. The security characteristics of an individual application can come from any of these levels. At the most general level are the global security characteristics set up to act as application defaults. However, the administrator can and should set application-specific values that either comply with or override the global defaults.

The Configure Application Security task lets the administrator override the challenge type and realm defaults specified as the global settings. Using the task wizard, the administrator specifies the realm, challenge type and security identity (user ID and password) for a particular application.

For other properties, such as the authentication mechanism and user registry details, the application will share the global settings. These settings cannot be customized for a particular application.

Enabling security in the administrative console is also a global setting, applied as "all or none" to applications in the administrative domain.

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