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<h1>Apache Rampart - Axis2 Security Module</h1>
<section name="Welcome to Apache Rampart">
<p>Rampart is the security module of Axis2. It secures SOAP messages
according to specifications in the WS-Security stack. Rampart implements the
following specifications:</p>
</section>
<h2>Features of Rampart Latest Version</h2>
<ul>
<li>WS - Security 1.0</li>
<li>WS - Security 1.1</li>
<li>WS - Secure Conversation - February 2005</li>
<li>WS - Security Policy - 1.1 - July 2005</li>
<li>WS - Security Policy - 1.2 </li>
<li>WS - Trust - February 2005</li>
<li>WS - Trust - WS-SX spec - EXPERIMENTAL</li>
</ul>
<h2>Apache Rampart News</h2>
<h3>Jun 01, 2011 : Apache Rampart 1.6.0 released</h3>
Apache Rampart 1.6.0 was released with lots of bug fixes.<br></br>
<h3>Jan 10, 2011 : Apache Rampart 1.5.1 released</h3>
Apache Rampart 1.5.1 was released with lots of bug fixes.<br></br>
<h3>Feb 01, 2010 : Apache Rampart 1.5 released</h3>
Apache Rampart 1.5 was released with lots of bug fixes and new features.<br></br>
New features include
<ul>
<li>SAML 2.0 support - Issuance </li>
<li>Key store caching</li>
<li>Signing / Encrypting with multiple keys</li>
<li>Tests for negative scenarios</li>
</ul>
<h3>Jun 12, 2008 : Apache Rampart 1.4 released</h3>
<p>Apache Rampart 1.4 was released with lots of bug fixes and new features.<br></br>
New features include</p>
<ul>
<li>WS Security 1.1</li>
<ul>
<li>Encrypted headers</li>
<li>Encrypted SHA1 references</li>
</ul>
<li>WS Security Policy 1.2 support</li>
<li>WS Trust</li>
<ul>
<li>Renew binding</li>
<li>Validation binding</li>
</ul>
<li>New configuration options</li>
<ul>
<li>Ability to plug in Custom policy validators</li>
<li>Ability to define certAlias different from username for signature</li>
<li>Ability turn off mili second precision</li>
</ul>
<li>Ability to secure messages faults </li>
<li>Increased interoparability with WCF 3.5 </li>
</ul>
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