#### Configuring Message Security

Some of the material in this section assumes a basic understanding of security and web services concepts.

Message security is implemented using message security providers integrated in its SOAP processing layer. The message security providers depend on other security facilities.

Perform these tasks to configure the server for message security:

- To configure facilities for use by message security providers

- To configure a JCE Provider for Java EE

- To enable providers for message security

- To configure a message security provider

- Creating a Message Security Provider

- To delete a message security configuration

- To delete a message security provider

- To enable message security for application clients

- Request and Response Policy Configurations

Then use Admin Console:

- To configure facilities for use by message security providers

- To configure a JCE Provider for Java EE

- To enable providers for message security

- To configure a message security provider

- Creating a Message Security Provider

- To delete a message security configuration

- To delete a message security provider

- To enable message security for application clients

- Request and Response Policy Configurations