Monday March 05, 2007

JAXWS/SSL - How to secure a WS endpoint at transport level (https)

In order to secure webservice endpoints developed using JavaEE components (Servlets/EJB) at transport level (https), there is a easy and simple declarative way in GlassFish application server. The following information helps in understanding and trying out a sample called SSL-JAXWS application in JavaEESDK samples.

You can get the samples bundle from Java EE SDK downloads page.
Steps:
->Java EE Downloads page
->Goto "Download the Components Independently"
->Goto "Java EE 5 Samples Download" and click on download.

Unzip the saved file and browse the samples index page and go to JavaEE5 samples @ .../java_ee_sdk-5_01-samples/javaee5/index.html .
The JAXWS/SSL sample is "webservices/ssl-jaxws-ear" and can be found @ .../javaee5/webservices/ssl-jaxws-ear/docs/index.html Posted by Jagadesh Babu Munta ( Mar 05 2007, 06:44:43 PM PST ) Permalink