Before you begin
Why and when to perform this task
Complete the following steps to specify which message parts to digitally sign when configuring the server for response signing:Steps for this task
For example, to indicate a duration of 1 year, 2 months, 3 days, 10 hours, and 30 minutes, the format is: P1Y2M3DT10H30M. Typically, you configure a message time stamp for about 10 to 30 minutes. 10 minutes is represented as: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0S. The P character precedes time and date values.
Result
The actor information on both the client and server must refer to the same exact string. When the actor fields on the client and server match, the request or response is acted upon instead of being forwarded downstream. The actor fields might be different when you have Web services acting as a gateway to other Web services. However, in all other cases, make sure that the actor information matches on the client and server. When Web services are acting as a gateway and they do not have the same actor configured as the request passing through the gateway, Web services do not process the message from a client. Instead, these Web services send the request downstream. The downstream process that contains the correct actor string processes the request. The same situation occurs for the response. Therefore, it is important that you verify that the appropriate client and server actor fields are synchronized.
What to do next
After you specifying which message parts to digitally sign, you must specify which method is used to digitally sign the message. See Configuring the server for response signing: choosing the digital signature method for more information.Related concepts
XML digital signature
Response sender
Response receiver
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Configuring the server for response signing: choosing the digital signature
method
Configuring the client for response digital signature verification:
verifying the message parts
Configuring the client for response digital signature verification:
choosing the verification method