diff --git a/CASA-auth-token/java/server/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/AuthToken.java b/CASA-auth-token/java/server/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/AuthToken.java
index b95abdb2..b2633f43 100644
--- a/CASA-auth-token/java/server/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/AuthToken.java
+++ b/CASA-auth-token/java/server/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/AuthToken.java
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ import java.io.*;
  * and with a timestamp. The body of the SOAP message is as follows:
  *
  * <auth_token>
- * <signature>signature value</signature>
- * <lifetime>lifetime value</lifetime>
  * <ident_token><type>Identity Token type</type>identity token data</ident_token>
  * </auth_token>
  *
@@ -281,4 +279,32 @@ public class AuthToken
    {
       return m_identityTokenType;
    }
+
+   /*
+    * Validates an authentication token. If successful it
+    * returns a string containing the identity token associated
+    * with the authentication token; otherwise it returns NULL;
+    */
+   public static String validate(String authTokenString)
+   {
+      String   idenTokenString = NULL;
+
+      // Instantiate the AuthToken, this validates the token itself.
+      try
+      {
+         AuthToken authToken = new AuthToken(authTokenString);
+
+         // If we are here is because the token validation succeeded,
+         // obtain the identity token string.
+         idenTokenString = authToken.getIdentityToken();
+      }
+      catch (Exception e)
+      {
+         // The validation of one of the tokens failed
+         // tbd - Log
+         System.err.println("AuthToken.validate()- Exception caught during token processing, msg: " + e.getMessage());
+      }
+
+      return idenTokenString;
+   }
 }
diff --git a/CASA-auth-token/java/server/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/SessionToken.java b/CASA-auth-token/java/server/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/SessionToken.java
index 3067e5d9..bcbbdf5e 100644
--- a/CASA-auth-token/java/server/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/SessionToken.java
+++ b/CASA-auth-token/java/server/Svc/src/com/novell/casa/authtoksvc/SessionToken.java
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ import java.io.*;
 * the SOAP message is as follows:
 *
 * <session_token>
-* <signature>signature value</signature>
-* <lifetime>lifetime value</lifetime>
 * <realm>realm value</realm>
 * <ident_id>identity id value</ident_id>
 * </session_token>