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This specification defines how the cross trust realm identity, authentication and authorization federation mechanisms defined in WS-Federation are used by active requestors such as SOAP-enabled applications.
By using the XML, SOAP and WSDL extensibility models, the WS* specifications are designed to be composed with each other to provide a rich Web services environment. WS-Federation: Active Requestor by itself does not provide a complete security solution for Web services. WS-Federation: Active Requestor is a building block that is used in conjunction with other Web service and application-specific protocols to accommodate a wide variety of security models.
| Description | Date | Access method |
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| WS-Federation: Active Requestor Profile specification (PDF, 497 KB) | July 2003 | HTTP download |
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Web Services Federation Language defines mechanisms to allow different security realms to federate by allowing and brokering trust of identities, attributes, authentication between participating Web services.
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Federation in a Web services world describes the issues around federated identity management and a comprehensive solution based on the Web services model as outlined in the WS-Security roadmap.
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Web Services Federation Passive Requestor Profile defines a system for passive mechanisms to work seamlessly with a single or simplified sign-on to the WS-Federation system.
- Read "Security in a Web services World" for a proposed strategy for addressing security within a Web service environment (developerWorks, April 2002).