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Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction and Roadmap

• Document Scope
• Document Audience
• Guide to This Document
• Related Information
• Security Samples and Tutorials
  • Security Examples in the WebLogic Server Distribution
• New and Changed Security Features

2 Overview of Security Management

• Security Realms in WebLogic Server
• Security Providers
• Security Policies and WebLogic Resources
  • WebLogic Resources
  • Deployment Descriptors and the WebLogic Server Administration Console
• The Default Security Configuration in WebLogic Server
• Configuring WebLogic Security: Main Steps
• Methods of Configuring Security
• What Is Compatibility Security?
  • Management Tasks Available in Compatibility Security

3 Customizing the Default Security Configuration

• Why Customize the Default Security Configuration?
• Before You Create a New Security Realm
• Creating and Configuring a New Security Realm: Main Steps

4 Configuring WebLogic Security Providers

• When Do You Need to Configure a Security Provider?
• Reordering Security Providers
• Configuring an Authorization Provider
• Configuring the WebLogic Adjudication Provider
• Configuring a Role Mapping Provider
• Configuring the WebLogic Auditing Provider
  • Auditing ContextHandler Elements
  • Enabling Configuration Auditing
  • Configuration Auditing Messages
  • Audit Events and Auditing Providers
• Configuring a WebLogic Credential Mapping Provider
• Configuring a PKI Credential Mapping Provider
  • PKI Credential Mapper Attributes
  • Credential Actions
• Configuring a SAML Credential Mapping Provider for SAML 1.1
  • Configuring Assertion Lifetime
  • Relying Party Registry
• Configuring a SAML 2.0 Credential Mapping Provider for SAML 2.0
  • SAML 2.0 Credential Mapping Provider Attributes
  • Service Provider Partners
    • Partner Lookup Strings Required for Web Service Partners
    • Management of Partner Certificates
    • Java Interface for Configuring Service Provider Partner Attributes
• Configuring the Certificate Lookup and Validation Framework
  • CertPath Provider
  • Certificate Registry
• Configuring a WebLogic Keystore Provider

5 Configuring Authentication Providers

• Choosing an Authentication Provider
• Using More Than One Authentication Provider
  • Setting the JAAS Control Flag Option
  • Changing the Order of Authentication Providers
• Configuring the Default Authentication Provider
• Configuring LDAP Authentication Providers
  • Requirements for Using an LDAP Authentication Provider
  • Configuring an LDAP Authentication Provider: Main Steps
  • Accessing Other LDAP Servers
  • Dynamic Groups and WebLogic Server
  • Configuring Users and Groups in the Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle Virtual Directory Authentication Providers
    • Configuring User and Group Name Types
    • Configuring Static Groups
  • Configuring Failover for LDAP Authentication Providers
    • LDAP Failover Example 1
    • LDAP Failover Example 2
  • Improving the Performance of WebLogic and LDAP Authentication Providers
    • Optimizing the Group Membership Caches
    • Configuring Dynamic Groups in the iPlanet Authentication Provider to Improve Performance
    • Optimizing the Principal Validator Cache
    • Configuring the Active Directory Authentication Provider to Improve Performance
• Configuring RDBMS Authentication Providers
  • Common RDBMS Authentication Provider Attributes
    • Data Source Attribute
    • Group Searching Attributes
    • Group Caching Attributes
  • Configuring the SQL Authentication Provider
    • Password Attributes
    • SQL Statement Attributes
  • Configuring the Read-Only SQL Authenticator
  • Configuring the Custom DBMS Authenticator
    • Plug-In Class Attributes
• Configuring a Windows NT Authentication Provider
  • Domain Controller Settings
  • LogonType Setting
  • UPN Names Settings
• Configuring the SAML Authentication Provider
• Configuring the Password Validation Provider
  • Password Composition Rules for the Password Validation Provider
  • Using the Password Validation Provider with the Default Authentication Provider
  • Using WLST to Create and Configure the Password Validation Provider
    • Creating an Instance of the Password Validation Provider
    • Specifying the Password Composition Rules
• Configuring Identity Assertion Providers
  • How an LDAP X509 Identity Assertion Provider Works
  • Configuring an LDAP X509 Identity Assertion Provider: Main Steps
  • Configuring a Negotiate Identity Assertion Provider
  • Configuring a SAML Identity Assertion Provider for SAML 1.1
    • Asserting Party Registry
    • Certificate Registry
  • Configuring a SAML 2.0 Identity Assertion Provider for SAML 2.0
    • Identity Provider Partners
  • Ordering of Identity Assertion for Servlets
  • Configuring Identity Assertion Performance in the Server Cache
  • Configuring a User Name Mapper
  • Configuring a Custom User Name Mapper

6 Configuring Single Sign-On with Microsoft Clients

• Overview of Single Sign-On with Microsoft Clients
• System Requirements for SSO with Microsoft Clients
• Single Sign-On with Microsoft Clients: Main Steps
• Configuring Your Network Domain to Use Kerberos
• Creating a Kerberos Identification for WebLogic Server
• Configuring Microsoft Clients to Use Windows Integrated Authentication
  • Configuring a .NET Web Service
  • Configuring an Internet Explorer Browser
    • Configure Local Intranet Domains
    • Configure Intranet Authentication
    • Verify the Proxy Settings
    • Set Integrated Authentication for Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Configuring a Mozilla Firefox Browser
• Creating a JAAS Login File
• Configuring the Identity Assertion Provider
• Using Startup Arguments for Kerberos Authentication with WebLogic Server
• Verifying Configuration of SSO with Microsoft Clients

7 Configuring Single Sign-On with Web Browsers and HTTP Clients

• Configuring SAML 1.1 Services
  • Enabling Single Sign-on with SAML 1.1: Main Steps
    • Configuring a Source Site: Main Steps
    • Configuring a Destination Site: Main Steps
  • Configuring a SAML 1.1 Source Site for Single Sign-On
    • Configure the SAML 1.1 Credential Mapping Provider
    • Configure the Source Site Federation Services
    • Configure Relying Parties
    • Replacing the Default Assertion Store
  • Configuring a SAML 1.1 Destination Site for Single Sign-On
    • Configure SAML Identity Assertion Provider
    • Configure Destination Site Federation Services
    • Configuring Asserting Parties
  • Configuring Relying and Asserting Parties with WLST
• Configuring SAML 2.0 Services
  • Configuring SAML 2.0 Services: Main Steps
  • Configuring SAML 2.0 General Services
    • About SAML 2.0 General Services
    • Publishing and Distributing the Metadata File
  • Configuring an Identity Provider Site for SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On
    • Configure the SAML 2.0 Credential Mapping Provider
    • Configure SAML 2.0 Identity Provider Services
    • Create and Configure Web Single Sign-On Service Provider Partners
  • Configuring a Service Provider Site for SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On
    • Configure the SAML 2.0 Identity Assertion Provider
    • Configure the SAML Authentication Provider
    • Configure SAML 2.0 General Services
    • Configure SAML 2.0 Service Provider Services
    • Create and Configure Web Single Sign-On Identity Provider Partners
  • Viewing Partner Site, Certificate, and Service Endpoint Information
  • Web Application Deployment Considerations for SAML 2.0
    • Deployment Descriptor Recommendations
    • Login Application Considerations for Clustered Environments

8 Migrating Security Data

• Overview of Security Data Migration
• Migration Concepts
• Formats and Constraints Supported by WebLogic Security Providers
• Migrating Data with WLST
• Migrating Data Using weblogic.admin

9 Managing the Embedded LDAP Server

• Configuring the Embedded LDAP Server
• Embedded LDAP Server Replication
• Viewing the Contents of the Embedded LDAP Server from an LDAP Browser
• Exporting and Importing Information in the Embedded LDAP Server
• LDAP Access Control Syntax
  • The Access Control File
  • Access Control Location
  • Access Control Scope
  • Access Rights
    • Attribute Permissions
    • Entry Permissions
  • Attributes Types
  • Subject Types
  • Grant/Deny Evaluation Rules

10 Managing the RDBMS Security Store

• Security Providers that Use the RDBMS Security Store
• Configuring the RDBMS Security Store
  • Create a Domain with the RDBMS Security Store
    • Specifying Database Connection Properties
    • Testing the Database Connection
  • Create RDBMS Tables in the Security Datastore
  • Configure a JMS Topic for the RDBMS Security Store
    • Configuring JMS Connection Recovery in the Event of Failure
• Upgrading a Domain to Use the RDBMS Security Store

11 Configuring Identity and Trust

• Private Keys, Digital Certificates, and Trusted Certificate Authorities
• Configuring Identity and Trust: Main Steps
• Supported Formats for Identity and Trust
• Obtaining Private Keys, Digital Certificates, and Trusted Certificate Authorities
  • Common Keytool Commands
  • Using the CertGen Utility
    • Command Syntax and Examples
    • Limitation on CertGen Usage
  • Using Your Own Certificate Authority
  • Converting a Microsoft p7b Format to PEM Format
  • Obtaining a Digital Certificate for a Web Browser
  • Using Certificate Chains (Deprecated)
• Storing Private Keys, Digital Certificates, and Trusted Certificate Authorities
  • Guidelines for Using Keystores
  • Creating a Keystore and Loading Private Keys and Trusted Certificate Authorities into the Keystore
  • Configuring Demo Certificates for Clients
• How WebLogic Server Locates Trust
• Configuring Keystores for Production

12 Configuring SSL

• SSL: An Introduction
• One-Way and Two-Way SSL
• Setting Up SSL: Main Steps
• Using Host Name Verification
• Enabling SSL Debugging
• SSL Session Behavior
• Configuring RMI over IIOP with SSL
• SSL Certificate Validation
  • Controlling the Level of Certificate Validation
  • Accepting Certificate Policies in Certificates
  • Checking Certificate Chains
  • Using Certificate Lookup and Validation Providers
  • How SSL Certificate Validation Works in WebLogic Server
  • Troubleshooting Problems with Certificate Validation
• Using the nCipher JCE Provider with WebLogic Server
• Specifying the Version of the SSL Protocol

13 Configuring Security for a WebLogic Domain

• Important Information Regarding Cross-Domain Security Support
• Enabling Trust Between WebLogic Server Domains
  • Enabling Cross Domain Security Between WebLogic Server Domains
    • Configuring Cross-Domain Security
    • Configuring a Cross-Domain User
    • Configure a Credential Mapping for Cross-Domain Security
  • Enabling Global Trust
• Using Connection Filters
• Using the Java Authorization Contract for Containers
• Viewing MBean Attributes
• How Passwords Are Protected in WebLogic Server
• Protecting User Accounts

14 Using Compatibility Security

• Running Compatibility Security: Main Steps
• Limited Visibility of Compatibility Security MBeans
• The Default Security Configuration in the CompatibilityRealm
• Configuring a Realm Adapter Authentication Provider
• Configuring the Identity Assertion Provider in the Realm Adapter Authentication Provider
• Configuring a Realm Adapter Auditing Provider
• Protecting User Accounts in Compatibility Security
• Accessing 6.x Security from Compatibility Security

15 Security Configuration MBeans

• SSLMBean
• ServerMBean
• EmbeddedLDAPMBean
• RDBMSSecurityStoreMBean
• SecurityMBean
• SecurityConfigurationMBean
• RealmMBean
• WindowsNTAuthenticatorMBean
• CustomDBMSAuthenticatorMBean
• ReadonlySQLAuthenticatorMBean
• SQLAuthenticatorMBean
• DefaultAuditorMBean
• Compatibility Security MBeans
• UserLockoutManagerMBean
• Other Security Provider MBeans