Policies that Provide Username Authentication
The following tables lists the out-of-the-box WS-SecurityPolicy policies and the corresponding out-of-the-box WS-Security facility policies that provide username authentication.
The main difference between the policies is that the WS-SecurityPolicy policies use symmetric binding, while the WS-Security facility policies use asymmetric binding.
Policy based on WS-SecurityPolicy | WS-Security Facility Policy |
No corresponding policy | ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Consumer policy for Username ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Provider policy for Username |
![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Username_Over_Transport | No corresponding policy |
![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Username_Signature | ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Consumer policy for Username, Signature ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Provider policy for Username, Signature |
![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Username_Encryption | No corresponding policy |
![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Username_Signature_Encryption | ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Consumer policy for Username, Signature, Encryption ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Provider policy for Username, Signature, Encryption |