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Securing Java Web Services Training in Denver

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Course Description

  
This advanced course introduces Java developers to key concepts and technology for developing secure web services and securing enterprise software architecture. Though consensus is forming, and standards have largely taken shape, this is still a broad and challenging field. We focus on a few well-defined approaches: XML cryptography, the WS-Security and WS-SecurityPolicy standards, and the Security Assertions Markup Language, or SAML. We also look XACML for authorization policies, and at trust and federation -- not only as envisioned by SAML but also through the WS-Trust and WS-Federation specifications. These approaches do overlap, and through our primary case studies we present a single, coherent story of assuring confidentiality, integrity and non-repudiation, user authenticity, and proper request authorization with a blend of policy-driven WS-Security, SAML, and even some application-coded digital signature. We also investigate the web-application end of SAML, with an in-depth study of single sign-on and federated identity. Although for practical purposes this course relies on a specific platform, which is Java EE, the great majority of the course content teaches interoperable specifications, and would be equally useful to developers working on other web-service-capable platforms such as .NET -- or to those who work with multiple platforms, and do need to understand the interoperable pieces in detail but perhaps don't need to delve into implementation strategies. In fact, customizations are available that essentially leave out the Java to stick more strictly to the XML.
Course Length: 5 Days
Course Tuition: $2090 (US)

Prerequisites
Solid Java programming experience is essential.

Course Outline

  

Chapter 1. Securing the Service-Oriented Enterprise
Security for Web Services
Threats
CIA Goals
Solution Levels: W3C, OASIS, Java EE
Scenario: Secure Multi-Party Conversation
Cryptography
WS-Security and WS-SecurityPolicy
Scenario: Sharing Security Information
SAML and XACML
Scenario: Multiple User Realms
Scenario: Single Sign-On
Technology Stacks: WS-Federation and Liberty Alliance
The WS-I Basic Security Profile

Chapter 2. Transport Security
Use Case: Secure Transport
HTTP Authentication Schemes
HTTP BASIC
HTTP DIGEST
Securing Web-Service URLs
HTTPS
JAX-WS Support
Axis Support

Chapter 3. XML Signature
Use Case: Non-Repudiation
XML Digital Signature
Cryptography Backgrounder
Canonical XML
Enveloped, Enveloping, and Detached Signatures
SignedInfo and References
The Java Cryptography Architecture
Keystores
Why Keys Aren't Enough
X.509 Certificates and Certificate Chains
The KeyStore API
Java XML Digital Signature API
Steps to Sign and Verify XML Content
JAX-WS Message Handlers
Foiling the Man in the Middle

Chapter 4. XML Encryption
Use Case: Confidentiality
XML Encryption
EncryptedData
Element vs. Content Encryption
Key Wrapping
The Java Cryptography Extensions
Apache XML Security
Steps to Encrypt and Decrypt XML Content
Choosing Algorithms and Key Sizes

Chapter 5. WS-Security
Use Case: Secure Message Exchange
Use Case: User Login
The WS-Security Specifications
Security Token Types
Timestamps
Username Tokens
Signature and Encryption
Tools for WS-Security
XWSS and JAAS
Foiling Replay Attacks

Chapter 6. WS-SecurityPolicy
Use Case: Sharing Metadata
WS-Policy
Normalized vs. Compact Form
Policy Attachment
Policy Scopes
WS-SecurityPolicy
Protection Assertions
Token Assertions
Supporting and Endorsing Tokens
Bindings
Metro and WSIT
Implementing Callbacks
Integrating Security Frameworks

Chapter 7. Introduction to SAML
History of SAML
Assertions
Protocol
Bindings
Profiles
Using OpenSAML
SAML and Web Services

Chapter 8. SAML Assertions
Use Case: "Vouching for" a User
The Assertions Schema
Extensibility
Assertions and Subjects
NameID Types
Conditions
Subject Confirmation
Confirmation Methods
AuthntStatement
Authentication Contexts
AttributeStatement
Attribute Profiles
AuthzDecisionStatements
Actions and Evidence
WS-Security and SAML Tokens
OpenSAML Assertions Model
Creating XML Objects
Marshalling and Unmarshalling

Chapter 9. SAML Protocol
Use Case: Back-Channel Queries
Requests, Queries, and Responses
Status and StatusCode
AuthnQuery
AttributeQuery
AuthzDecisionQuery
Other Request and Response Types
OpenSAML Protocol Model
SAML and XML Signature
SAML and XML Encryption

Chapter 10. XACML
Use Case: Back-Channel Authorization
Use Case: Sharing Authorization Policies
Policies, Policy Sets, and Targets
Rules
Combining Algorithms
Policy Context
Request and Response Types
The SAML Profile of XACML
Authorization Decisions via XACML

Chapter 11. Securing Federated Services
Publish, Find, Bind ... Execute!
UDDI
WS-BPEL
The Trust Problem
WS-Trust
The Security Token Service
Messaging Model: RST and RSTR
Derived Keys
WS-SecureConversation
Secure Conversation Metrics
WS-Federation
Value Proposition

Chapter 12. SAML Bindings
Use Case: Speaking "Through" the Browser
The SOAP Binding
SAML Over HTTP
The Browser as Messenger
The Redirect, POST, and Artifact Bindings
The PAOS Binding
The URI Binding

Chapter 13. Federated Identity
What is Federation?
Problems for Identity Federation
SAML 2.0 Federations
Single Sign-On
Account Linking and Persistent Pseudonyms
Transient Pseudonyms
Name ID Mapping
Federation Termination
OpenSSO
Fedlets

Appendix A. Learning Resources
Appendix B. Web-Service Security Prefixes and Namespaces

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