Extract certificate from the SAML service provider metadata file as follows, <X509Data> <X509Certificate> MIICNTCCAZ6gAwIBAgIES343gjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBVMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzELMAkGA1UE CAwCQ0ExFjAUBgNVBAcMDU1vdW50YWluIFZpZXcxDTALBgNVBAoMBFdTTzIxEjAQBgNVBAMMCWxv Y2FsaG9zdDAeFw0xMDAyMTkwNzAyMjZaFw0zNTAyMTMwNzAyMjZaMFUxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMQsw CQYDVQQIDAJDQTEWMBQGA1UEBwwNTW91bnRhaW4gVmlldzENMAsGA1UECgwEV1NPMjESMBAGA1UE AwwJbG9jYWxob3N0MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCUp/oV1vWc8/TkQSiAvTou sMzOM4asB2iltr2QKozni5aVFu818MpOLZIr8LMnTzWllJvvaA5RAAdpbECb+48FjbBe0hseUdN5 HpwvnH/DW8ZccGvk53I6Orq7hLCv1ZHtuOCokghz/ATrhyPq+QktMfXnRS4HrKGJTzxaCcU7OQID AQABoxIwEDAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMCBPAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQADgYEAW5wPR7cr1LAdq+IrR44i QlRG5ITCZXY9hI0PygLP2rHANh+PYfTmxbuOnykNGyhM6FjFLbW2uZHQTY1jMrPprjOrmyK5sjJR O4d1DeGHT/YnIjs9JogRKv4XHECwLtIVdAbIdWHEtVZJyMSktcyysFcvuhPQK8Qc/E/Wq8uHSCo= </X509Certificate> </X509Data> Copy extracted certificate to
What is JAAS? The Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) is a integrated package comes with Java 2 SDK. Basically JAAS is designed to achieve two things, Authentication - determine who is executing the code Authorization - ensure user/code has access control right to perform an action JAAS for Authentication JAAS modules related to authentication are connected in a pluggable manner. So it promotes the reuse of underline authentication technology with different applications. Following are the key classes we use in authentication process. LoginContext This is the start point of the authentication process. This class contains 3 methods as, login() - authenticate user logout() - logout user getSubject() - get authenticated user When we initiate a LoginContext, we provide required configurations to handle authentication. So we can change underlying authentication technology from the configuration without updating the application logic. Config