RE: [security-services-comment] Public Comment

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Scott Cantor <>
Date
2005-12-20T16:23:16+00:00
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RE: [security-services-comment] Public Comment
> is there a statement from this TC regarding the usage of 
> OASIS WSS to provide message-level security for the SAML SOAP 
> Binding? Is it up to the implementers to use WSS if they find 
> its necessary - I'm asking because from my point of view the 
> usage of WSS sould be mentioned in the SAML Bindings Spec if 
> it was so?!

Why? There are a million ways to authenticate a SOAP message, it doesn't
seem realistic to name them all. There is already language that says SOAP
headers may be present to assist in message routing or security. I think
that covers WSS pretty directly...

-- Scott