The <wsse_handler> pipeline configuration element

Specifies parameters used by the CICS-supplied message handler that provides support for WS-Security.

Used in:

Service provider
Service requester

Contained by:

<service_handler_list>

Contains:

A <dfhwsse_configuration> element.

In a provider pipeline configuration file, the CICS supplied message handler for WS-Security might have to decrypt an encypted message. The <wsse_handler> element must be defined before any other handler programs that need to process the unencrypted message content.

In a requester pipeline configuration file, the CICS supplied message handler for WS-Security might have to encrypt a message. It must be defined after any other handler programs that need to process the unencrypted message content, including the CICS SOAP handler program.