Secure, Reliable Web Services with Apache - Kyle Gabhart

Open source computing has gained a tremendous degree of momentum in the last few years. Nowhere is this more evident than in the area of web services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). The Apache Foundation alone has more than 20 SOA/WS projects.

This article introduces the WSO2 platform by looking at two key features -- security and reliable messaging. We will begin with an examination of the relevant WS-* standards (WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Security, WS-SecureConversation, and WS-Trust) followed by a peek into the related Apache projects. Then we will proceed to explore the value-add that WSO2 provides above and beyond the basic Apache projects.

Story: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/05/02/sure-reliable-web-services-with-apache.html