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Web services specs focus on security By Martin LaMonica Staff Writer, CNET News.com December 18, 2002, 6:22 AM PT A group of companies led by IBM and Microsoft on Wednesday published a series of specifications designed to make Web services more secure. The proposed specifications describe how companies can establish policies on exchanging information among trading partners and how to make disparate security systems interoperate. IBM and Microsoft co- authored the specifications with input from a limited number of companies, including BEA Systems, RSA Security and VeriSign. The companies will incorporate industry feedback and submit the specification to a standards body early next year, executives said. ... snip
