Web service clients can be implemented as JavaServer Pages, servlets, or Java applications, or as executables written in C++, Perl, Visual Basic, JavaScript. A truly ubiquitous protocol. In this article, I use a Java application as a Web service client and show how to secure that client from an authentication and authorization standpoint via Role-based Access Control (RBAC). Basically, role-based authorization is achieved by using:

Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner yesterday announced that EDS had won an AU$25 million contract over four years to create australia.gov.au, a "one-stop-shop" for all government information and services. Users will be able to create an account and personalise the site so they can easily access information or services from different government agencies. The portal will also be able to pre-populate forms with details from their profile, and allow users to complete the forms offline. The authentication hub is based on the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 standard.

IBM is pushing interoperability as a solution to enterprise identity management and authentication woes. In Version 6.2 of IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, the company has integrated a number of user-focused identity management technologies and frameworks, including OpenID, Microsoft Windows CardSpace and the Eclipse Higgins identity framework.

Fedlet is a lightweight Service Provider implementation of SAML2 SSO protocols, embeddable in a Java EE web application. Fedlet is a new feature, which will be part of upcoming Sun Federated Access Manager (OpenSSO) release.

NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Alliance, the global identity community working to build a more trust-worthy internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced the judging panel for the 2008 IDDY (IDentity Deployment of the Year) Awards. This year judges will be evaluating nominations in three categories: a Liberty-based deployment, a Liberty-based emerging application and a new multi-protocol application category. The call for nominations for the 2008 IDDY Awards ends on Monday, June 16, with winners announced on June 30.