Chapter 4. Securing Web components

This chapter will discuss the security settings for Web components of the Web applications.

Web components such as static HTML pages, JSPs and servlets can be secured either by the HTTP server or by WebSphere.

In Section 4.1, “Static components” on page 38 we will discuss how to use the IBM HTTP Server mechanisms and settings to provide authentication and authorization for static pages.

In Section 4.2, “Web module security” on page 46 and following sections we will show how to secure static components belonging to WebSphere Application Server. We will demonstrate WebSphere Assembly Tool that comes with WebSphere.

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