30Using the Open Provisioning Interface

Authentication

The Provisioning Server authenticates each request to ensure that the request is received from a valid client application. The client application needs to provide a user identity (user name) and authentication information (password) in the HTTP/SOAP request.

The supported authentication mechanisms are HTTP Basic Authentication

– Onboard Authentication and WS-Security UsernameToken.

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"WS-Security UsernameToken" (page 30)

HTTP Basic Authentication – Onboard Authentication

The username and password of the user are configured in the HTTP Headers. The following figure shows a sample HTTP header/SOAP message with the required information.

Figure 7

Sample HTTP header/SOAP message

WS-Security UsernameToken

The user’s username and password are configured in the WS Security Headers. A sample WS-Security header/SOAP message with the required information is shown in the following figure.

Nortel AS 5300

Nortel Application Server 5300 Application Programming Interfaces Reference

NN42040-110 01.01 Standard

11 June 2008

Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks

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