Securing WSIF

The steps to be taken to enable the Web Services Invocation Framework (WSIF) to interact with a security manager.

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WSIF interacts with a security manager in the following ways:
  • WSIF runs in the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) security context without modification.
  • When WSIF is run under a Java EE container, port implementations can use the security context to pass on security tokens or credentials as necessary.
  • WSIF implementations can automatically convert Java EE security context into appropriate context for onward services.

For WSIF to interact effectively with the WebSphere® Application Server security manager, complete the following step:

Procedure

To load the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file, enable the FilePermission attribute in the was.policy file. This permission is required when a WSDL file is referred to using the file:// protocol.



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