ENC: W3C XML encryption specs approved

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Enviada em: terça-feira, 10 de dezembro de 2002 18:41
Para: cryptography
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Assunto: W3C XML encryption specs approved

XML encryption specs approved 

By Jim Hu 
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
December 10, 2002, 10:51 AM PT

The Web's leading standards group approved on Tuesday two XML encryption

specifications, a move that promises to boost the development of secure
Web 
services. 

The two specs, XML Encryption Syntax and Processing and Decryption
Transform 
for XML Signature, will enable Web pages using Extensible Markup
Language to 
encrypt parts of a document being exchanged between Web sites, the World
Wide 
Web Consortium said. 

While other methods exist for encrypting XML documents, the W3C's 
specifications make it possible to encrypt selected sections or elements
of a 
document--for instance, a credit card number entered in an XML form. 

"This provides a way to identify parts of an XML document that may be
secured 
by the author, so you can choose the parts that are most important and
encrypt 
those," said W3C representative Janet Daly. 

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