Installation of Oracle Linux 5.8 on Virtual Box 4.1 with Guest Additions

Today I wanted to install
Oracle Linux on virtual box, which I need for some testing systems. Since the
installation and especially the setup of the guest additions were not as smooth
as I expected, I decided to share the information.

There are many occasions in which we could need an installation of virtual box.

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WS-Security unveiled

One of the more
complex examples that ship with WLS is a WS-Trust based authentication of a web
service using SAML assertions. This example is quite easy to setup and run and
the example’s documentation gives a basic understanding of what is going on.
But we want to look deeper and shed light on the complexity that is hidden
behind SSL, WS-Trust and SAML authentication. In a first step we separate the
scenario from the example server and integrate it into eclipse, to create an
isolated laboratory environment for further investigation.

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Toolbox: The Mini-ID

This part of the
toolbox series introduces the Mini-IDE project. It is designed to instantly
setup a weblogic server together with a small sample application. It provides everything
to setup and run the example in less than five minutes. Despite its simplicity,
it contains everything to build and deploy a Java EE web application, relying
on not more than a WLS installation. It can easily be modified and used in
analysis situations or as a starting point for proof of concepts.

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