Enabling security and encryption

…As with any web application, security is important for web…services to protect valuable data and control access to the server.…By default no security is applied, to make it…easier to test the code, but once you're ready to…upload your service to a server, and make it open…to the public, it's a good idea to enable security.…So during this video, we're going to cover some of the…ways to implement security and how you can use it on…a web service.…The first step is to enable the security manager.…This can be accessed by going into the administration console at the URL shown.…

And then clicking on the Configurations…option on the right, and clicking server-config.…Then scroll down and click on the Security settings.…On this page, you can check the first box to enable the Security Manager.…Then, restart the server.…Now that security is enabled, we need to apply…it to the messages to and from our web service.…The most common type of security is Web Services security,…which uses XML encryption and XML digital signatures to secure messages.…