[ogsa-wg] Security Web Service Specifications

[Stephen M Pickles]

It's timely to note that WS-Trust and WS-SecureConversation 
are both up for the vote to be approved as OASIS standards.

Ballots close Wednesday.

Stephen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ogsa-wg-bounces at ogf.org 
> [mailto:ogsa-wg-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of Nate Klingenstein
> Sent: 26 February 2007 22:56
> To: ogsa-wg at ogf.org
> Subject: [ogsa-wg] Security Web Service Specifications
> 
> Everyone,
> 
> I mentioned on the call today that the Liberty Alliance effort has
> defined ID-WSF, a web services framework for identity management
> functions that may be useful to OGSA.  It allows for fairly powerful
> identity management and integrates well with SAML and others.
> 
> http://www.projectliberty.org/resource_center/specifications/
> liberty_alliance_id_wsf_2_0_specifications
> 
> I think it's also worth taking some time to analyze WS-Trust, a
> specification that intends to generalize security token exchange.
> 
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/specification/ws-trust/
> 
> I'll just set these out for informational purposes right now without
> making any particular recommendations.  These could both feed into
> profiling efforts surrounding WS-Security and WS-SecureConversation.
> As you read this, I'd ask you to please keep a mental distinction
> between protocol and token format.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> Nate.
> 
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