This is the implementation of the WS-Policy spec.
See: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=axis-dev&m=113255298531637&w=2

IMHO we will have to implment WS-SecurityPolicy
http://specs.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy/ws-securitypolicy.pdf

Thanks,
Ruchith

On 11/23/05, Jongjin Choi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There seems to be some work about WS-Policy in webservices commons.
> http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/webservices/commons/trunk/policy/?rev=348394
>
>  Is this relevant to what you have in mind?
>
>  /Jongjin Choi
>
>
> On 11/23/05, Dittmann, Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > during the discussion with Allen IMHO we should have a closer
> > look into the WS-Policy* stuff (again). WSS4J as it stands now
> > (not looking at the sandbox code) provides methods to create
> > Sceurity headers in a request and to parse/validate them.
> >
> > The check at the receiver if the request contains all required
> > security actions is rudimentary only.
> >
> > To enhance the action checking and also the way how the sender
> > controls the setup the request we shall consider to use WS-Policy*
> > specs.
> >
> > Some ideas:
> > - At the sender side we could have a parser that sets up internal
> >   structures that drive/control how the WSS4J handlers create the
> >   security functions (some time ago this topic was shortly discussed
> >   on this list, I'll have a look in the archives). To avoid to much
> >   parsing we need to have some sort of "global, per service" location
> >   to store this internal structure (somewhere in the Axis data
> >   structures?)
> >
> > - At the receiver side a similar parser (the same?) can setup an
> >   internal structure which a "Policy checker" can use to verify the
> >   results generated during parsing/verification of the security
> >   headers.
> >
> > Both new modules could be "plugged-in" similar to the
> > "action/processor" structure now in use in WSS4J.
> >
> > Is there some code that could be used to start e.g. a parser for
> > the relevant WS-Policy* specs?
> >
> > Any more ideas? Volunteers :-) ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Werner
> >
> >
> >
> >
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