Configure WebSphere Portal to perform authentication of users

Hi,

I´m trying to configure WebSphere Portal to perform authentication of users on the site. I need configure authentication with user and password and client certificate (certificate or identity card valid electronic). ¿How can I do it? I found a note in the documentation of WebSphere seems to discourage the simultaneous use of a certificate and user and password for authentication.

Does anyone has done it or have experience in this?


The note is in [url]http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wpdoc/v6r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.wp.ent.doc/wpf/certauth.html[/url]

Thank,

Toñi

Sorry, you are correct. This is currently not supported.
[url]http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wpdoc/v6r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.wp.ent.doc/security/certauth.html[/url]

Thanks for your confirmation, but Is there some way to make it without losing the WebSphere ‘s support?

We can do this using two instances of Portal Server. To login with a certificate and one for form-based login via username and password.

Of course there is Tivoli WebSeal that can help you..

If you want to do it yourself, I think you can create your own 'reverse proxy' in a separate websphere application.
One WebApp that can handel client certificates (through web.xml).
OntherOne for form based login.

Hi MJonker


Can you give me some documentation for this configuration or any examples of this using Tivoli WebSeal?

Thanks you