Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Secure applications and their environment
Overview and new features for securing applications and their environment
Use the links provided in this topic to learn more about the security infrastructure.
What is new for security specialists
This topic provides an overview of new and changed features in security.
Security
This topic describes how IBM WAS provides security infrastructure and mechanisms to protect sensitive Java EE resources and administrative resources and to address enterprise end-to-end security requirements on authentication, resource access control, data integrity, confidentiality, privacy, and secure interoperability.
Security planning overview
Several communication links are provided from a browser on the Internet, through web servers and product servers, to the enterprise data at the back-end. This topic examines some typical configurations and common security practices. WAS security is built on a layered security architecture. This section also examines the security protection offered by each security layer and common security practice for good quality of protection in end-to-end security.
Samples
The Samples documentation offers:
- Login - Form Login
The Form Login Sample demonstrates a very simple example of how to use the login facilities for WAS to implement and configure login applications. The Sample uses the Java EE form-based login technology to customize the look and feel of the login screens. It uses servlet filters to log the user information and the date information. The Sample finishes the session by using the form-based logout function, an IBM extension to the Java EE specification.
- Login - JAAS Login
The JAAS Login Sample demonstrates how to use the JAAS with WAS. The Sample uses server-side login with JAAS to authenticate a real user to the WebSphere security run time. Based upon a successful login, the WebSphere security run time uses the authenticated Subject to perform authorization checks on a protected stateless session enterprise bean. If the Sample runs successfully, it displays all the principals and public credentials of the authenticated user.
Related
Security planning overview
Security considerations when registering a base Application Server node with the admin agent
Security considerations when adding a base Application Server node to WAS ND
Security: Resources for learning
Common Criteria (EAL4) support
Federal Information Processing Standard support
What is new for security specialists
Task overview: Securing resources