WS-Security

WS-Security (Web Services Security) is a communication protocol used for providing secure communications for Web Services. On April 6 2004 the WS-Security 1.0 standard was released.

The protocol contains specifications on how Authentication and Confidentiality can be enforced on Web Services messaging. The WSS protocol encompass the use of protocols such as SAML and X.509.

See Also

• WS-I Basic Security Profile
• Web Services
• SAML
• X.509

External Links

• OASIS Web Services Security TC (Contains links to download specification documents)
• WS-Security Specification
• WS-I Basic Security Profile