Internet and Wireless Security
This book presents an overview of current and future infrastructures for e-business including XML security mechanisms and next generation Public Key Infrastructures (PKI).
TABLE OF CONTENTS Internet and Wireless Security
2.10 Summary
2.10 Summary
XML Signature and XML Encryption provide the basis for a new type of security mechanism, and for enabling secure Web services. The advantages of XML Signature over other digital signature standards are its flexibility and its portability. Both standards bring the security 'vocabulary' to XML documents, allowing agreements on levels of security to be made using XML. With XML Signature and XML Encryption, security mechanisms can be interwoven within a document, interacting and making use of its data.
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