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How Data Flows During XML DCC Authentication

The XML DCC authentication scheme collects information from an incoming XML document and passes it to the Policy Server to authenticate web service consumers

The following illustration shows the flow of the XML DCC authentication scheme.

XML DCC authentication data flow

  1. The client sends a XML document requesting access to a web service.
  2. The SOA Agent extracts credentials from the document and passes them to the Policy Server.
  3. The Policy Server maps the credentials to fields in the user store to authenticate the client.