ibm datapower ntlm Job Support - IDESTRAININGS

Ibm datapower ntlm WebSphere Application Server & the other IBM products that run on the  WebSphere Application Server, such as the WebSphere Portal, do not currently support the NTLM (NT LAN Manger). Both IBM & the Microsoft “do support” basic authentication, Mutual Authentication, &  to  use of SAML or Kerberos in a  some form, depending on the application of the protocol being used.

Further, WebSphere Application Server has no plans for supporting the NTLM, given an technical challenges &  limitations around developing an  complete solution using the NTLM. In brief, NTLM is an  Microsoft closed HTTP transport &  security protocol that provides authentication, integrity, & a confidentiality for web applications running on the Microsoft platform, designed to only work within an  Microsoft networking environment. Microsoft has also published an  statement that it is  no longer recommends using the  NTLM.

Microsoft does offer on  other standards-based on  HTTP transport options as alternatives to NTLM, such as the Basic Authentication, Mutual  of Authentication, Kerberos, &  SAML, all of which provide for the  multiple platform interoperability &  are supported by an  WebSphere Application Server.

For using the WS-Security standards, both the  Microsoft .NET & WebSphere Application Server applications can use an  above HTTP transport authentication. They can also support an  SOAP message authentication based on the  WS-Security standards, such as UsernameToken, Kerberos tokens, SAML token, and authentication based on X509.

In addition, both Kerberos &  SAML support the ability to flow the  either an  server identity or the  client identity to a SOAP-based web service provider. It is also an  worth noting that the WS-Security OASIS standards body, of which both Microsoft &  IBM are voting members, endorses the use of a SAML Web Services Token Profile for the WS-Security based on the applications.