Core Security Patterns: Best Practices and Strategies for J2EE™, Web Services, and Identity Management

Chapter 6. Web Services Security–Standards and Technologies

Topics in This Chapter

• Web Services Architecture and Its Building Blocks

• Web Services Security–Core Issues

• Web Services Security Requirements

• Web Services Security Standards

• XML Signature

• XML Encryption

• XML Key Management System (XKMS)

• OASIS Web Services Security (WS-Security)

• WS-I Basic Security Profile

• Java-Based Web Services Security Providers

• XML-Aware Security Appliances

The emergence of Web services introduced us to a new paradigm for enabling exchange of information across the Internet using open industry-standards and standards-based technologies. Adopting Web services and adhering to its standards facilitate building service-oriented and on-demand applications that can be discovered, subscribed ...