XML encryption is one method that WebSphere® Application Server provides to secure your web services. It enables you to encrypt an XML element, the content of an XML element, or arbitrary data such as an XML document.
XML encryption is one method that WebSphere® Application Server provides to secure your web services. It enables you to encrypt an XML element, the content of an XML element, or arbitrary data such as an XML document.
To configure the client for request encryption, specify which message parts to encrypt when configuring the client.
To configure the client for request encryption, specify which encryption method to use when configuring the client.
Use the WS Extensions tab and the WS Binding configurations tab to specify which parts of the request message must be decrypted by the server.
You can use an assembly tool and the administrative console to configure the Web Services Security extensions and Web Services Security bindings.
You can specify which parts of the response message to encrypt when configuring the server for response encryption.
You can specify which method the server uses to encrypt the response message.
To configure the client for response decryption, specify which response message parts to decrypt when configuring the client. The server response encryption and client response decryption configurations must match.
To configure the client for response decryption, specify which decryption method to use when the client decrypts the response message. The server response encryption and client response decryption configurations must match.