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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 18, 2014

JAX-WS clients should perform SSL hostname verifications when connecting to a SOAP webservice

When a JAX-WS client running in Websphere attempts to connect to a SOAP webservice, it does not currently perform hostname verifications on the certificate of the webservice. This makes it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks.
The underlying reason is that websphere uses Axis2 as its JAX-WS implementation which uses a version of Apache HttpClient that does not support hostname verifications.

Idea priority High
RFE ID 45208
RFE URL
RFE Product WebSphere Application Server
  • Guest
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    Feb 28, 2022

    This documentation on configuring host name verification should apply to JAX-WS

  • Guest
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    Sep 25, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Application Platform
    Product - WebSphere Application Server

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Application Servers
    Product - WebSphere Application Server