Securing Web Services with WS-Security: Demystifying WS-Security, WS-Policy, SAML, XML Signature, and XML Encryption
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You know how to build Web service applications using XML, SOAP, and WSDL, but can you ensure that those applications are secure? Standards development groups such as OASIS and W3C have released several specifications designed to provide security – but how do you combine them in working applications? “Securing Web Services with WS-Security” will help you take your Web services securely to production, with insight into the latest security standards including – W… More >>
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This book would help you if you need an introduction to Web services security standards. If you need to know the strategies for how to implement then this book may not help much. Some of the specifications discussed in the book is not complete and there is lot of confusion in the standards committee moving forward. I bought this book before I bought the Core Security Patterns which details both the standards and patterns-based implementation strategies for Web services security. This book also needs a revision in terms of updating to SAML 2.0, WS-Security 1.1, WS-I Basic Security profile.
Rating: 3 / 5
I teach a course on Web Services Security, and was in search of a good book that I could recommend to my class. This book was certainly a good find. It goes beyond the hype and chatter associated with Web Services. This book puts a very objective perspective.
What I specifically like about the book, is how it ties past lessons learnt with the current technologies and thus, helps us not repeat the mistakes. Also, throughout the book, the authors explain complex security concepts in a lucid manner and simplify (as much as possible) the intricacies of implementing secure web services. There are numerous practical insights and illustrations through out.
I would strongly recommend this book for anyone trying to implement WS-* specification based solution.
The only thing I would have liked to see in the book is an example with .NET as well. Nevertheless, the book is fairly platform independent (except for chapter 10) and both Java and .NET developers would benefit equally.
This is my personal favorite as of now. I also like Web Services Security by Mark O’Neil – but that book is slightly dated now.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book delivers good introduction to WS-* specs beyond that I don’t find much help. From a developer perspective, the book does’nt help with good examples, it is missing with coding guidance and also lacks detail about the PKI in Web services. Possibly this book is too early to market before the specs are endorsed by OASIS. It’s time for a revision..otherwise I could’ve added two more stars.
Rating: 2 / 5
i am an architect working on large-scale web services on j2ee and .net ddevlopment and deplyment. I bought this book for getting myself introduced to ws-security and saml. if you would like to know the security specifications for web services at a high-level you may find this book useful. If you are looking at the practical aspects of how to implement them in a j2ee or .net web services you wil find limited help. The coverage on ws-* specs are little bit old as new revisions are already out.
Rating: 3 / 5
Agree completely with all of the other reviewers in respect to practical working examples and detailed information. This is nothing more than a high-level overview of documentation and specifications you can easily find yourself on the internet. Look elsewhere (and yeah, I’m still looking myself) for solid information about how to design and deploy WS-* applications.
Rating: 1 / 5