Part 6. Security

This part of the book discusses the all-important topic of security. Given the reality of today’s open networks, it is just impossible to conduct business transactions in a networked environment without full security capabilities. The figure that follows shows where security falls in the Web services stack.

Security

The Web services security stack is quite complete now, consisting of WS-Security, WS-Secure Conversation, WS-Trust, WS-Federation, WS-Privacy, and WS-Authorization. Chapter 12, “Security,” discusses WS-Security, and introduces WS-Trust. These two specifications provide a robust framework for end-to-end secure interaction between ...

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