Apache Ramaprt/C Archived News
This page contains information on previous releases running up to the
latest.
16th_Jan_2008 - Apache Rampart/C Version 1.1 Released
Download 1.1
Key Features
- Ability to send and verify UsernameTokens with
- Username and PlainText password
- Username and Digested password
- Ability to send Timestamp tokens
- SOAP message encryption
- With derived key support for improved security
- Symmetric and Asymmetric modes of operations
- Support for AES and Tripple DES encryption
- Signature encryption
- Keys encryption
- SOAP message signature
- XML signature with RSA-SHA1
- Message authentication with HMAC-SHA1
- Signature confirmation support
- SOAP Header signing
- WS-Security Policy (spec 1.1) based configurations
- Support for both Symmetric as well as Asymmetric policy bindings
- Support for different modes of key identifiers
- Support for different algorithm suites
[Basic128, Basic 192, Basic256, TrippleDES, Basic128Rsa15, Basic192Rsa15,Basic256Rsa15, TripleDesRsa15]
- Replay detection support
- Easy to use built-in replay detection module
- Ability to deploy a customized replay detection module
- Different protection orders
- Encrypt before signing
- Sign before encrypting
- Extensible modules
- Password callback module
- Authentication module
- Credentials module
- Keys management
- Support for X509 token profile
- Support for Key identifiers, Thumb prints, Issuer/Serial pairs, Embedded and Direct references
- Other
- Easy to use deployment scripts
- A comprehensive set of samples
Major Changes Since Last Release
- MAC support with HMAC-SHA1
- Derrived key encryption
- Derived key signing
- Symmetric policy bindings
- New security header processor based on SOAP header layout
- Security policy validator
- Extensible Replay detection module
- Signature confirmation support
- Support for X509 thumb prints
- Easy to use deployment scripts
- Memory leak fixes
- Many bug fixes
05th Oct 2007 - Apache Rampart/C Version 1.0 Released
Download 1.0
Key Features
- SOAP message encryption : Allows different parts of a SOAP message to be encrypted to keep the confidentiality of the message
- SOAP message signature : Allows different parts of a SOAP message to be signed to keep the integrity of the message
- Ability to send and verify UsernameTokens with
- PlainText password
- Digested password
Allows users to send Username tokens for authentication purposes as per Web services security username token profile
- Ability to send Timestamp tokens : Allows users to add timestamps to their SOAP messages in order to ensure the freshness
- WS-Security Policy (spec 1.1) Policy based configurations as per WS-Security Policy : Allows users to express their security related requirements and constraints
- Replay detection support
- Improvements to the context model
- Authentication module implementation
- Credentials module implementation
- Improvements to Key/Certificate loading mechanisms
- Easy to use deployment scripts
11th May 2007 - Apache Rampart/C Version 0.90 Released
Download 0.90
Key Features
- SOAP message encryption : Allows different parts of the body of SOAP message to be encrypted to keep the confidentiality of the message
- SOAP message signature : Allows different parts of a SOAP message to be signed to keep the integrity of the message
- Ability to send and verify UsernameTokens with
- PlainText password
- Digested password
Allows users to send Username tokens for authentication purposes as per Web services security username token profile
- Ability to send Timestamp tokens : Allows users to add timestamps to their SOAP messages in order to ensure the freshness
- Policy based configurations: Allows clients and services to express their security related requirements and constraints