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Title:
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XML REWRITING ATTACKS: EXISTING SOLUTIONS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS |
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Author(s):
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Azzedine Benameur , Faisal Abdul Kadir , Serge Fenet |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-56-0 |
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Editors:
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Nuno Guimarães and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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SOA, SOAP, XML Rewriting Attacks, WS-Security, WS-Policy, SOAP Account |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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94 |
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Last Page:
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102 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Web Services are web-based applications made available for web users or remote Web-based programs. In order to
promote interoperability, they publish their interfaces in the so-called WSDL file and allow remote call over the network.
Although Web Services can be used in different ways, the industry standard is the Service Oriented Architecture Web
Services that doesn't rely on the implementation details. In this architecture, communication is performed through XMLbased
messages called SOAP messages. However, those messages are prone to attacks that can lead to code injection,
unauthorized accesses, identity theft, etc. This type of attacks, called XML Rewriting Attacks, are all based on
unauthorized, yet possible, modifications of SOAP messages. We present in this paper an explanation of this kind of
attack, review the existing solutions, and show their limitations. We also propose some ideas to secure SOAP messages,
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