Category Archives: Security

How To Fix: PKIX Path Building Failed (Validation) : sun.security.validator.ValidatorException

How To Fix Error : sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target You could get the error “PKIX path building failed” validation error when working on a client that works with an SSL enabled server running in https protocol. This article focuses on detecting the root cause… Read More »

How to Fix : java.security.cert.CertificateException: No name matching localhost found

How to Fix the exception ” java.security.cert.CertificateException: No name matching localhost found”, when client uses URL with “localhost” as host name to access some secure service over HTTPS? In this article we will check the root cause of the issue and will try two different solutions two fix the same. There are other similar issues… Read More »

Secure Metro JAX-WS UsernameToken Web Service with Signature, Encryption and TLS (SSL)

Java Web Services Security: How to Secure JAX-WS UsernameToken Web Service with Signature, Encryption and TLS (SSL) Securing the data exchanged between web service producers and consumers is essential to ensure confidentiality, authenticity and integrity of critical business data. There are many approaches to implement Web Service Security (WSS) popularly called as WS-Security. WS-Security is… Read More »

JAX-WS Secure Web Services with Signatures and Encryption: WS-Security with Metro and WSIT

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Java Web Services: Create Secure JAX-WS Metro Web Service Signed and Encrypted Using Public-Key Cryptography Asymmetric Encryption Security is the primary concern when web services exchange critical business data. WS-Security is an is an extension to SOAP to apply security to web services. It is one of the main part of WS-* specification from OASIS.… Read More »