This one has probably been addressed many times. But, I needed a place to link to whenever it comes up[…]
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What Is A REST Web Service?
REST web services are not nearly as formalized as their SOAP equivalent. A REST web service adheres to the principals[…]
Read moreWhat is an XML Gateway?
An XML Gateway is an externally-facing DMZ tier of a web services platform. Generally, this DMZ tier will be facing[…]
Read moreWhat is an Appliance? What is a SOA Appliance?
I suppose I’m switching gears a bit here back towards something almost philosophical rather than my usual concrete technical info […]
Read moreJVM Heap & GC Tuning…
So, obviously, I haven’t posted anything here in a while. Life has been busy. Starting several months ago, I left[…]
Read moreIBM Announced the New XG45 DataPower appliance
This is the first post on thinkmiddleware.com where we discuss DataPower. Guess what I’ve been doing with my career lately.[…]
Read moreJBoss 4.x and DataSource Configuration
On JBoss 4.x, a MySQL datasource looks something like: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <datasources> <local-tx-datasource> <!– The jndi name of the[…]
Read moreSecure Identity Propagation using WS-Trust, WS-Security, and SAML2
I gave the following presentation at IBM Impact in April, 2011. This session will explore hypothetical requirements for a secure[…]
Read moreHTTP Client – Form-Based Authentication
This article continues the discussion started in the Servlet Authentication article. Here we discuss Form-Based authentication; another common form of[…]
Read moreServlet Container Authentication
There are three required authentication mechanisms supported by a compliant Servlet Container: HTTP Basic Authentication, Form-based Authentication, and CLIENT_CERT authentication. This article describes Servlet Container authentication.
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