Following up on the recommended reading lists I’ve posted recently, this post contains a list of the books and specifications[…]
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SOA Security Reading Material
At nearly every client site, I’m asked to put together a recommended reading list on a variety of subjects. Web[…]
Read moreSOA Actors
When I am describing complex SOA or Web Service architectures, environments, and scenarios to clients, I often use the term[…]
Read moreWhat is a Service Consumer?
A Service Consumer is any tier of an organization’s systems that calls web services. These services could be implemented by[…]
Read moreWhat is a Service Provider?
A Service Provider is any tier or system in an organization’s environment that hosts web services (or services of any[…]
Read moreWhat is a Web Service? What is a web service?
This one has probably been addressed many times. But, I needed a place to link to whenever it comes up[…]
Read moreWhat Is A SOAP Web Service?
A SOAP Web Service is any web service that is compliant with the SOAP 1.1 or SOAP 1.2 specs. When[…]
Read moreWhat is an XML Gateway?
An XML Gateway is an externally-facing DMZ tier of a web services platform. Generally, this DMZ tier will be facing[…]
Read moreWhat is an Appliance? What is a SOA Appliance?
I suppose I’m switching gears a bit here back towards something almost philosophical rather than my usual concrete technical info […]
Read moreSecure Identity Propagation using WS-Trust, WS-Security, and SAML2
I gave the following presentation at IBM Impact in April, 2011. This session will explore hypothetical requirements for a secure[…]
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