Before you begin
Why and when to perform this task
Complete the following steps to configure the server for request digital signature verification. The steps describe how to modify the extensions to indicate which parts of the request to verify.Steps for this task
Result
The actor information on both the client and server must refer to the same exact string. When the actor fields on the client and server match, the request or response is acted upon instead of being forwarded downstream. The actor fields might be different when you have Web services acting as a gateway to other Web services. However, in all other cases, make sure that the actor information matches on the client and server. When Web services are acting as a gateway and they do not have the same actor configured as the request passing through the gateway, Web services do not process the message from a client. Instead, these Web services send the request downstream. The downstream process that contains the correct actor string processes the request. The same situation occurs for the response. Therefore, it is important that you verify that the appropriate client and server actor fields are synchronized.
What to do next
After you specify which message parts contain a digital signature that must be verified by the server, you must configure the server to recognize the digital signature method used to digitally sign the message. See Configuring the server for request digital signature verification: choosing the verification method for more information.Related concepts
Security token
Request sender
Request receiver
Related tasks
Configuring the server security bindings using an assembly tool
Configuring the server security bindings using the administrative console
Configuring the client for request signing: digitally signing message
parts
Configuring the client for request signing: choosing the digital signature
method
Configuring the server for request digital signature verification:
choosing the verification method
Securing Web services for version 5.x applications using XML digital
signature