Security Token Files

When a security domain requestor uses a security token file to connect to a metaspace, ActiveSpaces uses the contents of the security token to:

Restrict the metaspaces to which a security domain requestor can connect.

Ensure the identity of the security domain controller.

Determine the level of transport security the security domain requestor should use for TCP communication.

The same token file can be shared by different security domain requestors. If you use the same token file for different requestors, consider the following:

  • If the token does not have an ID, the tokens used by different requestors on the same metaspace will probably look the same.
  • However, if the tokens do have an ID, you should avoid sharing it as their certificates will be the same.