Hi Anil, Kev an I discussed this in a call just a while ago and it was decided to introduce a new top level configuration element. This element will contain configurations that are global to the jboss-esb.xml file. So we will put the authentication method and authentication domain for the war in this new element. This is what I'm using at the moment: <jbossesb xmlns="http://anonsvn.labs.jboss.com/labs/jbossesb/trunk/product/etc... parameterReloadSecs="5"> | | <globals> | <auth method="BASIC" domain="JBossWS" /> | </globals> | ... | </jbossesb> Since the there is one war per jboss-esb.xml (if you have a http-provider or expose a esb service as a web service (EBWS)) it makes sense to have this outside of the http-provider and separate from the esb service security configuration. Any thought on this? Any better suggestion for the 'globals' element name? Regards, /Daniel View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4257662#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...