Author: kaushalye
Date: Mon Dec 3 22:15:26 2007
New Revision: 600798
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=600798&view=rev
Log:
Updating README and NEWS files for the 1.1 release
Modified:
webservices/rampart/trunk/c/NEWS
webservices/rampart/trunk/c/samples/README
Modified: webservices/rampart/trunk/c/NEWS
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/webservices/rampart/trunk/c/NEWS?rev=600798&r1=600797&r2=600798&view=diff
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--- webservices/rampart/trunk/c/NEWS (original)
+++ webservices/rampart/trunk/c/NEWS Mon Dec 3 22:15:26 2007
@@ -4,25 +4,58 @@
Key features
-------------
-1. Ability to send and verify UsernameTokens with
- 1. PlainText password
- 2. Digested password
-
+1. Ability to send and verify UsernameTokens with
+ - Username and PlainText password
+ - Username and Digested password
2. Ability to send Timestamp tokens
-3. SOAP message encryption
+3. SOAP message encryption
+ - With derived key support for improved security
+ - Symmetric and Asymmetric modes of operations
+ - Support for AES and Tripple DES encryption
+ - Signature encryption
+ - Keys encryption
4. SOAP message signature
+ - XML signature with RSA-SHA1
+ - Message authentication with HMAC-SHA1
+ - Signature confirmation support
+ - SOAP Header signing
+5. WS-Security Policy (spec 1.1) based configurations
+ - Support for both Symmetric as well as Asymmetric policy bindings
+ - Support for different modes of key identifiers
+ - Support for different algorithm suites
+ [Basic128, Basic 192, Basic256, TrippleDES, Basic128Rsa15,
Basic192Rsa15,Basic256Rsa15, TripleDesRsa15]
+6. Replay detection support
+ - Easy to use built-in replay detection module
+ - Ability to deploy a customized replay detection module
+7. Different protection orders
+ - Encrypt before signing
+ - Sign before encrypting
+8. Extensible modules
+ - Password callback module
+ - Authentication module
+ - Credentials module
+9. Keys management
+ - Support for X509 token profile
+ - Support for Key identifiers, Thumb prints, Issuer/Serial pairs, Embedded
and Direct references
+10. Other
+ - Easy to use deployment scripts
+ - A comprehensive set of samples
+
Major Changes Since Last Release
--------------------------------
-1. WS-Security Policy (spec 1.1) based configurations
-2. Replay detection support
-3. Improvements to the context model
-4. Authentication module implementation
-5. Credentials module implementation
-6. Improvements to Key/Certificate loading mechanisms
-7. Easy to use deployment scripts
-8. Memory leak fixes
-9. Many bug fixes
+1. MAC support with HMAC-SHA1
+2. Derrived key encryption
+3. Derived key signing
+4. Symmetric policy bindings
+5. New security header processor based on SOAP header layout
+6. Security policy validator
+7. Extensible Replay detection module
+8. Signature confirmation support
+9. Support for thumb prints
+10. Easy to use deployment scripts
+11. Memory leak fixes
+12. Many bug fixes
Un-Implemented Architecture Features
@@ -30,7 +63,7 @@
1. SAML support
2. WS-Secure conversation
3. WS-Trust
-4. WS-Security 1.1 support
+4. Some WS-Security 1.1 features
We welcome your early feedback on this implementation.
Modified: webservices/rampart/trunk/c/samples/README
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/webservices/rampart/trunk/c/samples/README?rev=600798&r1=600797&r2=600798&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- webservices/rampart/trunk/c/samples/README (original)
+++ webservices/rampart/trunk/c/samples/README Mon Dec 3 22:15:26 2007
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
Apache Rampart/C samples
+ What are the samples available?
+ ------------------------------
+ Please have a look at the ABOUT_SAMPLES file
+
How to Run Samples?
-------------------
-
Please have a look at the secpolicy/README.txt file.
