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XKMS
Date added 1 October 2008
Last edited 11 November 2009
Full Title
XML Key Management Specification (XKMS)
Description
XKMS specifies protocols for distributing and registering public keys for security within the SOAP protocol for Web Services. Part 1 comprises of 2 services. The XML Key Information Service (X-KISS) deals with the management of a public key pairs, with the key objective of minimising complexity of applications using XML Signauture. The XML Key Registration Service (X-KRSS) deals with the management of private keys. Part 2 comprises bindings for these services.
Standards Developing Organisation
- W3C
- World Wide Web Consortium
Rights
No information available.
Lifecycle Action
- Access, Use and Reuse
Standard Framework
- Electronic Records Management Standards
Standard Type
- Authentication
Current Versions
None.
Further Information
- Wikipedia entry for XKMS [external]
Alternative Current Versions
- 28 June 2005 - XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) Version 2.0: W3C Recommendation [external]
- 28 June 2005 - XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) Bindings, Version 2.0: W3C Recommendation [external]
- Protocol bindings with security characteristics for XKMS 2.0
- 15 December 2005 - Errata of the XML Key Management (XKMS 2.0) Specifications [external]
- Corrects errors to XKMS 2.0 and XKMS 2.0 Bindings
Previous Version
- 30 March 2001 - XML Key Management Specification (XKMS): W3C Note [external]
- Superceded
Referenced Standards
- W3C Recommendation: 12 February 2002, XML-Signature Syntax and Processing
- CSP: 1985, Communicating Sequential Processes
- IETF RFC 2104: February 1997, HMAC: Keyed Hashing for Message Authentication
- IETF RFC 2119: March 1997, Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
- IETF RFC 2246: January 1999, The TLS Protocol Version, 1.0
- IETF RFC 2373: July 1998, IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
- IETF RFC 2437: October 1998, PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 2.0
- IETF RFC 2459: January 1999, Internet X.509, Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile
- IETF RFC 2782: February 2000, A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
- IETF RFC 4013: February 2005, SASLprep: Stringprep profile for user names and passwords
- ITU-T Recommendation X.509: (08/2005), Information Technology Open Systems Interconnection The Directory: Public-key and Attribute Certificate Frameworks
- W3C Note: 20 February 2003, XML Advanced Electronic Signatures
- W3C Recommendation 16 April 2002, Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) Specification
- W3C Recommendation: 10 December 2002, XML Encryption Syntax and Processing
- W3C Recommendation: 24 June 2003, SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework
- W3C Recommendation: 26 June 2007, Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 1: Core Language
- W3C Recommendation: 28 October 2004, XML Schema Part 1: Structures, Second Edition
- W3C Recommendation: 28 October 2004, XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition
- W3C Recommendation: January 1999, Namespaces in XML
- W3C Recommendation: October 2000, Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)