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IBM WebSphere Application Server v7.0 Security

You're reading from   IBM WebSphere Application Server v7.0 Security 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.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849681483
Length 312 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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IBM WebSphere Application Server v7.0 Security
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. A Threefold View of WebSphere Application Server Security 2. Securing the Administrative Interface FREE CHAPTER 3. Configuring User Authentication and Access 4. Front-End Communication Security 5. Securing Web Applications 6. Securing Enterprise Java Beans Applications 7. Securing Back-end Communication 8. Secure Enterprise Infrastructure Architectures 9. WebSphere Default Installation Hardening 10. Platform Hardening 11. Security Tuning and Troubleshooting

Chapter 9. WebSphere Default Installation Hardening

There is a class of products that when we purchase them they need to be changed in order for them to be useful to us. Consider for an instance that I was travelling to Las Vegas, NV and decided to buy a watch. (Why would I be buying watches in Las Vegas? Well, it beats me; but that is a different story.) It is very likely that I may need to change the time, and perhaps time zone (for some sophisticated watches) to match the time where I live. This change was necessary to make the product useful to me. We also have a class of products that we may want to change to increase their security. Take for instance a GPS. Many of the recent models allow the owner to define a PIN that must be entered for the user to start the device. So only those persons that know the PIN would be able to use it; perhaps deterring thieves from stealing it; or if they do, so they cannot use it or resell it easily. In any event, a watch or a GPS are examples of very...

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