december 2007 - Posts

• Let the SAML Token Flow

  This post continues where the last one left off. We now have a SAML token that is re-serializable, which is good, because that will make it possible to use the same SAML token when calling a second business service from the first one. We could also easily Read More... Posted den 18 december 2007 16:04 by ericqu | 5 Comments Filed under: .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Security Token Service

• Re-Serialize SAML Token

  When creating many services in SOA it's a common scenario that you need the SAML token to flow from one business service to another. The first issue that you will bump into when trying to enable this is that the SamlAssertion class in .NET 3.0 is not Read More... Posted den 14 december 2007 17:05 by ericqu | 1 Comments Filed under: .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Security Token Service

• Exposing the SAML Token to the Business Logic

  When a business service receives a SAML token, WCF will extract the SAML attributes (containing the information) as claims and make it available as a ClaimSet that can be reached through the AuthorizationContext. This not the way I would like my business Read More... Posted den 11 december 2007 17:23 by ericqu | 3 Comments Filed under: .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Security Token Service

• WCF Security Architecture

  It will probably be easier to follow my upcoming posts about how I have enabled my requirements of the STS in WCF if you have a good understanding of the security architecture of WCF. This is a good starting point if you don't have that understanding Read More... Posted den 11 december 2007 17:19 by ericqu | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Security Token Service

• ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

  Scott Guthrie today announced that the first CTP of ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions is available for download . The preview includes: ASP.NET AJAX Improvments, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data Support, ASP.NET Silverlight Support and ADO.NET Data Services (codename Read More... Posted den 10 december 2007 10:18 by ericqu | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET 3.5

• WCF Security Token Service (STS)

  Almost three years ago I started to think in the terms of having an infrastructure service to handle security like verifying users, getting which roles they belong to and so on. Back then it was WSE 3 in a beta and no information available on the Internet Read More... Posted den 4 december 2007 14:41 by ericqu | 7 Comments Filed under: .NET 2.0, Design, WSE, .NET 3.0, PAG, .NET 3.5, Security Token Service

• WPF Book Tips

  I finally finished " Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed " written by Adam Nathan . The fact that it took me a little bit longer than planned, was not because of the book. Actually this is one of the better books I've read lately and I'm surprised Read More... Posted den 3 december 2007 15:14 by ericqu | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5