XML Security Suite: Increasing the Security of E-Business

By Doug Tidwell
2005-05-18

About the sample programs

Several sample programs illustrate the various functions of the XML Security Suite. If you want to follow along with the sample programs discussed here, there are several files you need. See Resources for information on where to get these files.

The XML Security Suite itself Add both xss4j.jar and the path /xss4j/samples to your classpath.
A Java 2 Development Kit, Version 1.2 or higher Make sure that this is the default JDK for your system.
The mail.jar file from the JavaMail package Add this file to your classpath.
An implementation of the Java Cryptography Extension A list of cryptographic service providers can be found at the Sun Web site. To avoid export complications, the examples here use OpenJCE, a free, open-source library. The file jce.zip is added to the classpath.
Version 2 of IBM XML Parser for Java Version 3.0.1 The file xml4j.jar must be in your classpath.

Tutorial Pages:
» A brief overview of Web security
» Creating a secure session
» The XML Security Suite
» XML Signatures
» About the sample programs
» Creating a certificate
» Signing an internal XML resource
» Signing an external XML resource
» Signing a non-XML resource
» Verifying a digital signature
» The joys of nonrepudiability
» Canonical XML
» Element-level encryption
» Other utilities
» Summary
» Resources

First published by IBM DeveloperWorks

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