For all attendees of XML 2005: I just updated my paper on Using SAML for Platform Security. Please check http://2005.xmlconference.org/proceedings for the updated version. All non-attendees: The proceedings will be made publicly available by Nov 30, this year. I will also…
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I have just configured dasBlog to use cross posts. Let’s see if this post makes it to my old blogs.sun.com blog. For those reading this on blogs.sun.com: my new blog is at http://beuchelt.blogdns.net:8080/. Hmm – 2nd try.
Now, here is an interesting talking point: XML Encryption (XMLEnc) is bad. “Why?”, you might ask. Well, in their lack of infinite wisdom, the XML encryption community left out a very important concept: Authenticated Encryption, i.e. combining signatures and encryption…
Yesterday, we had our first day at the booth here at XML 2005. We were able to attract a fairly large crowd, talking about the Identity products, StarOffice, the XML Registry, JWSDP and Open Solaris. Up there is a picture…
Living in Massachusetts, I strongly support the state’s move to migrate their publications and documents to a truely open format (i.e. OASIS Open Document). Now I recently ran across a public petition to the German Parliament to enact a similar…
Due to very limited internet connection, I have to be brief. Here are some of the result of my trip to IETF 64: There is definitively a fairly broad interest in using SAML within the GSS-API framework. A small group…
Well, I have to admit, it is a lot easier than it used to be. A few caveats, though: I prefer to configure after the installation manually. I had one nasty failure during install at some time when I was…
Here is a very interesting analysis of the debate between proponents of the OpenDocument format and Microsoft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Office_XML
If you are looking for a Java IDE, please take a look at the latest Netbeans 5.0 beta: http://www.netbeans.org/ Some of the new features: Support for Tomcat, Sun Application Server, BEA WebLogic and JBoss Massively improved GUI builder (Matisse) Web…
Last night I went to one of the most under-advertised session at PDC. At 9:00pm the ShowOff team showed 22 short films by developers and small companies about their “that’s cool!” projects. Highlights included: “Finalizer” – a WinCE powererd Battlebot…