IBM WebSphere Application Server v7.0 Security (Paperback)

For IBM WebSphere users, this is the complete guide to securing your applications with Java EE and JAAS security standards. From a far-ranging overview to the fundamentals of data encryption, all the essentials are here. Overview Discover the salient and new security features offered by WebSphere Application Server version 7.0 to create secure installations Explore and learn how to secure Application Servers, Java Applications, and EJB Applications along with setting up user authentication and authorization With the help of extensive hands-on exercises and mini-projects, explore the various aspects needed to produce secure IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v7.0 infrastructures A practical reference with ready-to-implement best practices and tricks for configuring, hardening, tuning, and troubleshooting secure IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v7.0 environments What you will learn from this book Create security domains using the wsadmin scripting tool Get hands-on experience working with a mini-project to protect a Java EE Application Server Secure your frontend with Secure Socket Layer Protocol and IBM HTTP Server Get to grips with user authentication and authorization by building a multi-module Enterprise Web Application; packaging, deploying, and testing it Work around to secure an EJB application by building on the existing mini-project Configure authentication and resource access (authorization) using user registry groups and application-defined roles Configure WebSphere Application Server v7.0 for SSO and LTPA and work across remote servers Explore the powerful concepts of data encryption and SSL certificates practically Practice platform hardening with respect to the Operating System, File System, and network configuration Approach With this book you will explore WebSphere Application Server security concepts, which you can expand upon while working on mini-projects.