XML Signature is an XML syntax used for representing signatures on digital content and procedures for computing and verifying such signatures. Signatures provide for data integrity and authentication.
Securing Web Services with WS-Security: Demystifying WS-Security, WS-Policy, SAML, XML Signature, and XML Encryption by Jothy Rosenberg, David Remy Average Customer Review: based on 13 reviews. Customer Review: This book is a good introduction to the application of security to Web Services and SOA. The authors focus on "message level" security versus "transport level" security, and its application to Web Services. The book explains standards: WS-Security, WS-Policy, WS-SecurePolicy and other current standards at the time of publishing (200...
Secure XML: The New Syntax for Signatures and Encryption by Donald E. Eastlake, Kitty Niles Average Customer Review: based on 8 reviews. Customer Review: Suppose you have XML data that you want to regularly send to Bob, across the Internet. But it is of a confidential nature, so you don't want to send it as plaintext. Well, you can try using low level encryptions, like SSL or TLS. But these don't give any authentication, ie. Bob can't tell that you actually sent them. Also, once Bob g...