WS-Security Authentication and Digital Signatures with Web Services Enhancements

WS-Security Authentication and Digital Signatures with Web Services Enhancements: "With the advent of the Web Services Enhancements 1.0 for Microsoft .NET (WSE), Microsoft has provided its first toolset for implementing security within a SOAP message. No longer are Web services tied strictly to using the security capabilities of the underlying transport. Now a SOAP message on its own can be authenticated, its integrity verified, and can even be encrypted all within the SOAP envelope using the mechanisms defined by the WS-Security specification. In this article, we will be looking at how you can use WSE to take advantage of WS-Security for authenticating and signing data for your Web services.
The WSE Environment"