[ogsa-wg] Security Web Service Specifications

[David Chadwick]

Hi Nate

WS-Trust is the spec that we have profiled in OGSA-Authz for 
communicating between the PEP and the CVS. See

http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc9011?nav=1

regards

David


Nate Klingenstein wrote:
> 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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