A collection certificate
store is a collection of non-root, certificate authority (CA)
certificates and certificate revocation lists (CRLs). This collection
of CA certificates and CRLs is used to check the signature of a digitally
signed SOAP message.
Important: There is an important distinction between Version
5.x and Version 6.0.x applications. The information
supports Version 5.x applications only that are used with WebSphere® Application Server Version 6.0.x and
later. The information does not apply to Version 6.0.x applications.
The collection certificate stores are used when processing a received
SOAP message. This collection is configured in the securityRequestReceiverBindingConfig
section of the binding file for servers and in the securityResponseReceiverBindingConfig
section of the binding file for clients.
A collection certificate store is one kind of certificate store.
A certificate store is defined as javax.security.cert.CertStore in
the Java
CertPath application
programming interface (API). The Java
CertPath API defines the following types of certificate
stores:
- Collection certificate store
- A collection certificate store accepts the certificates and CRLs
as Java collection objects.
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol certificate store
- The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) certificate store
accepts certificates and CRLs as LDAP entries.
The
CertPath API uses the certificate
store and the trust anchor to validate the incoming
X.509 certificate
that is embedded in the SOAP message.
The Web Services Security implementation in the WebSphere Application
Server supports the collection certificate store. Each certificate
and CRL is passed as an encoded file. This configuration is done using
either the administrative console or by scripting.