Article JBoss AS7: Enabling JASPI Authentication for Web Applications
JBoss AS7: Enabling JASPI Authentication for Web ApplicationsThis document describes the steps needed to enable JASPI authentication for Web applications on JBoss AS7. Application Server Configuration The first step to enable JASPI is to configure a security domai...
Thread How-to registering JASPI auth module via AuthConfigFactory?
How-to registering JASPI auth module via AuthConfigFactory?In this article Ron Mozillo hints that an JASPI auth module can be registered via the AuthConfigFactory. Unfortunately no example is given and the API plus Javadoc isn't exactly straightforward. I'm trying to do the p...
Article JBoss AS7: securing subsystem web applications
JBoss AS7: securing subsystem web applicationsIn JBoss AS7 it is possible for extension subsystems to publish web applications programmatically (i.e. without going through the deployer). This, for example, is how the default "welcome" web app in AS7 works (look a...
Thread How to pass data from valve to login module?
How to pass data from valve to login module?I use AS71.0CR1b I need some http header data in my login module. - But how can I access http header in login modules? My current approach is to read http header in a valve, put it in a thread local an...
Thread How to decrypt the password which was encrypted by picketBox
How to decrypt the password which was encrypted by picketBoxIn JBoss AS7 datasource configuration, I use java org.picketbox.datasource.security.SecureIdentityLoginModule passwordString to encrypt the password. Now I have one requirement that decrypt the password by my app co...
JBoss AS7: Configuring SSL on JBoss WebThere are 3 sets of connectors that one can configure with JBossWeb. AJP Connectors HTTP/HTTPS Connectors Native Connectors AJP Connectors are primarily used to service requests coming from a web server such as...
Article AS7: Utilising masked passwords via the vault
AS7: Utilising masked passwords via the vaultBackground: JBoss AS7.1 includes a vault facility to secure attributes (such as passwords). You can get more information at https://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBossAS7SecuringPasswords Example: Assume tha...
Anil's CheatSheet for AS7 DevelopmentObjective: Set up Marcus's GIT master as a remote repository git remote add marcus https://github.com/mmoyses/jboss-as.git
Objective: Sync my branch with Marcus on a regular basis. git fetc...
Article JBoss AS7: Security : Running under a Java Security Manager
JBoss AS7: Security : Running under a Java Security ManagerThis article will discuss ways by which you can run a JBoss AS 7.1 instance under the Java Security Manager. Prerequisites A general understanding about configuring security permissions in a Java Securit...
AS7: Sensitive Attributes MaskingWe can extend masking of passwords to all attributes that the user determines to be sensitive and not be displayed in clear text in the configuration files. There are two entities: a) Sensitive Attribute Hold...
XACML Resource ManagementThis is a post in a serious of discussions I am starting to get some discussion going on XACML. I led the implementation of XACML on a large scale using the original SunXACML libraries as the PDP and I am sharin...
XACML DeploymentThis is a post in a serious of discussions I am starting to get some discussion going on XACML. I led the implementation of XACML on a large scale using the original SunXACML libraries as the PDP and I am sharin...
XACML Audit/ReportingThis is a post in a serious of discussions I am starting to get some discussion going on XACML. I led the implementation of XACML on a large scale using the original SunXACML libraries as the PDP and I am sharin...
XACML AdministrationThis is a post in a serious of discussions I am starting to get some discussion going on XACML. I led the implementation of XACML on a large scale using the original SunXACML libraries as the PDP and I am sharin...
XACML EnforcementThis is a post in a serious of discussions I am starting to get some discussion going on XACML. I led the implementation of XACML on a large scale using the original SunXACML libraries as the PDP and I am sharin...
XACML PerformanceThis is a post in a serious of discussions I am starting to get some discussion going on XACML. I led the implementation of XACML on a large scale using the original SunXACML libraries as the PDP and I am sharin...
JBoss AS7: Security : EJB3 SecuritySome things to remember are: Use the @org.jboss.ejb3.annotation.SecurityDomain on your EJB3 beans. Unless they are present, the security system is not enabled for the EJBs. You can also ...