February 20, 2006
PingTrust builds on two open security standards that set the stage for true interoperability and a solution that scales. OASIS Web Services Security 1.0 (formerly WS-Security) allows for the embedding of security tokens in SOAP messages, while WS-Trust establishes a mechanism for obtaining and validating tokens from a Security Token Service (STS). PingTrust is such an STS. It supports both .NET and Java applications, Web-based and rich clients. PingTrust can operate on the Web Services Client-side, Provider-side or both sides of a Web Service transaction.
"With PingTrust, the concept of user session no longer ends at the application a user originally logs into, either directly or via federation," commented Patrick Harding, chief technical officer of Ping Identity. "Instead, user session and identity now follow SOAP messages wherever they may go throughout the SOA."
"By supporting WS-Trust, Ping Identity is providing a Security Token Service that can participate in the Identity Metasystem. This enables identity information to be exchanged using industry standard Web services, regardless of the underlying platforms," said Michael Stephenson, director of identity and access at Microsoft. "We look forward to Ping's products interoperating with Microsoft technologies, including .NET, Active Directory and the upcoming 'InfoCard' technology."
Using PingTrust, a Web Services client can exchange the security token being used in the local security domain, such as a Kerberos ticket, for a SAML token that represents the original user's identity in other federated security domains, including those at other companies. After being bound into a SOAP message and delivered to a Web Services Provider, the Provider will know who originated the request and will be able to use that information in determining how to process the request.
"Ping has leveraged the insights of Fidelity Investments as a design partner to create its market-leading Security Token Server for Web Services security and federated Web Services," said Dave Power, partner at Fidelity Investments.
PingTrust is a lightweight, standalone, modular product that:
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