Service-Oriented Architecture : A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services

Xml

Securing Web Services with WS-Security : Demystifying WS-Security, WS-Policy, SAML, XML Signature, and XML Encryption

Format: Paperback
Author: Jothy Rosenberg
ReleaseDate: 12 May, 2004
Publisher: Sams
Rating:

Worthless For Programmers
This is nothing more than a high-level overview of documentation and specifications you can easily find yourself on the internet. Agree completely with all of the other reviewers in respect to practical working examples and detailed information. Look elsewhere (and yeah, I'm still looking myself) for solid information about how to design and deploy WS-* applications.

Weak examples.
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. This book delivers good introduction to WS-* specs beyond that I don't find much help. 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.

Good Overview of Web Services Security
The authors focus on "message level" security versus "transport level" security, and its application to Web Services. This book is a good introduction to the application of security to Web Services and SOA. The book explains standards: WS-Security, WS-Policy, WS-SecurePolicy and other current standards at the time of publishing (2004).

However these standards are constantly evolving and this book needs to be updated on a regular basis.

Gary E. Smith
SOA Network Architect
SOA Networks

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