Why and when to perform this task
This task is used to configure identity assertion authentication. The purpose of identity assertion is to assert the authenticated identity of the originating client from a Web service to a downstream Web service. Do not attempt to configure identity assertion from a pure client. Identity assertion works only when you configure on the client-side of a Web service acting as a client to a downstream Web service.
In order for the downstream Web service to accept the identity of the originating client (just the user name), you must supply a special trusted BasicAuth credential that the downstream Web service trusts and can authenticate successfully. You must specify the user ID of the special BasicAuth credential in a trusted ID evaluator on the downstream Web service configuration. For more information on trusted ID evaluators, see Trusted ID evaluator.
Complete the following steps to specify identity assertion as the authentication method:
Steps for this task
What to do next
See Configuring the client security bindings using an assembly tool for more information on the Web services client editor within the assembly tool.After you specify identity assertion as the authentication method used by the client, you must specify how to collect the authentication information. See Configuring the client for identity assertion: collecting the authentication method for more information.
Related concepts
Trusted ID evaluator
Identity assertion
Related tasks
Configuring the client for identity assertion: collecting the authentication
method
Configuring the client security bindings using an assembly tool
Securing Web services for version 5.x applications using identity assertion
authentication