IBM WebSphere V5.0 Security - CGISecurity

►Custom Tools developed by using Programmatic APIJMX Management API in WebSphere allows the user to create any resourceprogrammatically without using the GUI. Using this API, you may writeapplications that can perform the configuration of WebSphere ApplicationServer V5.0.Please refer to \web\apidocs\index.html for APIdocumentation for JMX Management.Security traceTo trace the security processes in WebSphere Application Server V5, enabletracing for WebSphere and set the following trace conditon, in addition to yourown settings:com.ibm.ws.security.*=all=enabled:SASRas=all=enabled:Once the server is restarted with the new settings, you will find a trace.log file inyour server’s log directory.10.2 WebSphere Global SecurityWhat does WebSphere mean by security? A secure application, for instance, willdemand certain information be presented before responding to a request forservice and if presented with a lack of appropriate information, will not beprepared to perform as requested. An application may consist of several parts, orcomponents, and WebSphere implements the means for securing each part.Chapter 4, “Securing Web components” on page 37, Chapter 5, “Securing EJBs”on page 73 and Chapter 6, “Securing Java clients” on page 97 cover how to startsecuring the common elements of a J2EE application and describe how theinformation necessary to access a secure service is gathered.Security is also required during communication between the service requestor,the client, and the service provider, the server. Configuring security, in this sense,can be a complex process. It is necessary to apply appropriate measures at eachpoint of a network and to ensure that they are functioning as required. Everycomponent in an end-to-end solution, from client to server, must be capable ofproviding enough security to ensure that information that passes through thatpoint cannot be compromised.Chapter 10. Administering WebSphere security 235