Re: [wss] ISSUE 190: text for SOAP MustUnderstand issue

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Jerry Schwarz <>
Date
2003-10-30T17:26:57+00:00
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Re: [wss] ISSUE 190: text for SOAP MustUnderstand issue
Indeed, I would like further clarification of your intent in some examples.

A. If I can't validate a signature because it uses a digest method that I 
don't implement have I understood it?

B. If I ignore a UsernameToken or SAML element because I'm implementing a 
service that I allow anyone to use have I understood it.

C. If there is a BinarySecurityToken whose valueType I don't recognize, but 
there is no reference to that BinarySecurityToken have I understood it?



>Rich,
>
>I think that you DO need the language I proposed to define what it means
>to
>"understand" a wsse:Security header block. Without it, there will be
>rampant confusion.
>I certainly concur with your suggestion that lines 162-3 be added to Goals
>section.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Christopher Ferris
>STSM, Emerging e-business Industry Architecture
>email: 
>phone: +1 508 234 3624
>
>Rich Salz <> wrote on 10/30/2003 10:46:50 AM:
>
> > I took another look through the spec, and it seems the only place that
> > really needs "fixing" to address soap 1.1 and (vs.?)soap 1.2 issues is
> > sec 5.
> >
> > I propose the following
> >    Copy lines 162-163 (that say any SOAP version) into the Goals section
>
> > after line 121.
> >
> >    Remove all mention of mustUnderstand; its semantics are defined by
> > SOAP, and we can't constrain, subclass, or further modify it (see lines
> > 455-457).
> >
> >    Genericize the wording in section 5 so that it is more clearly
> > soap-version-neutral.  It looks easy to do this; I can send a draft
> > later today if there's interest.
> >
> >    /r$
> >
> > --
> > Rich Salz, Chief Security Architect
> > DataPower Technology                           http://www.datapower.com
> > XS40 XML Security Gateway   http://www.datapower.com/products/xs40.html
> > XML Security Overview  http://www.datapower.com/xmldev/xmlsecurity.html
> >
>
>
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