Why and when to perform this task
Use this task to configure signature authentication at the server. Signature authentication refers to an X.509 certificate sent by the client to the server. The certificate is used to authenticate to the user registry configured at the server. After a request is received by the server that contains the certificate, the server needs to log in to form a credential. The credential is used for authorization. If the certificate supplied cannot be mapped to an entry in the user registry, an exception is thrown and the request ends without invoking the resource. For more information on signature authentication, see Signature authentication method.
Complete the following steps to configure the server to validate signature authentication:
Steps for this task
com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.WSCallbackHandlerFactoryImpl
This implementation creates the correct callback handler for the default implementations.
What to do next
Specify how the server handles the signature authentication method. See Configuring the server to support signature authentication if you have not previously specified this information.Related concepts
Signature authentication method
Related tasks
Configuring the server to support signature authentication
Configuring the server security bindings using an assembly tool
Securing Web services for version 5.x applications using signature
authentication