[Rails] How to secure web services created by ActionWebService?

[Chang Sau Sheong]

Thks! I'll take a look at the WSS4R library.

Roland Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Chang Sau Sheong wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know how I can go about securing web services created from
>> ActionWebService? The manual from rubyonrails.org
>> (http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/book/10) doesn't say anything at
>> all on this ... or do I have to implement my own access control?
>>
>>
>>
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> you can either use SSL to encrypt the data or a library like WSS4R
> (www.rubyforge.org/projects/wss4r) that implements web service
> security mechanisms like signature and encryption as defined by the
> Oasis Consortium. WSS4R is tested with other WS-Security packages like
> WSE from MS (for .NET) or JWSDP from Sun (for Java).
>
> Regards,
> Roland
>


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