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Digital Identity
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Digital Identity

by Phillip J. Windley
August 2005
Beginner content levelBeginner
256 pages
8h 26m
English
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Example Interoperability Framework

An entire IF can take several dozen pages. Table 17-1 shows four entries from an interoperability framework. The example shows parts of two subareas: Encryption Standards and Federation Standards. These would be a larger table of external standards that the organization supports.

Table 17-1. Portion of an interoperability framework

2.3 Encryption Standards

    

Description

Reference

Status

Review

Notes

XMLsig

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/

Approved

Annually

XML Signature Syntax and Processing (XMLsig) is defined by W3C. W3C Recommendation 12.02.2002.

XMLenc

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlenc-core/

Approved

Annually

XML-Encryption Syntax and Processing. W3C Recommendation

10.12.2002.

XML Encryption is used to secure encrypted transport of content. Used when security on the transport-level (such as SSL) is not sufficient.

2.4 Federation Standards

    

SAML (Security Assertions Markup Language) Version 1.1

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/6837/sstc-saml-tech-overview-1.1-cd.pdf

Approved

Annually

OASIS/SSTC Version 1.1 - 22.09.2003. SAML enables single sign-on and enables federated identification mechanisms.

SAML (Security Assertions Markup Language) Version 2.0

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/7874/sstc-saml-tech-overview-2.0-draft-01.pdf

Emerging

Quarterly

SAML 2.0 is currently a draft specification. Use in production project is subject to approval and supporting product availability. ...

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