# Apache Rampart Release Notes

This is the 1.2 release of Apache Rampart.

Apache Rampart 1.2 is a toolkit that provides implementations of the WS-Sec* specifications for Apache Axis 1.2, based on Apache WSS4J 1.5.2 and the Apache AXIOM-DOOM 1.2.4 implementation.

What is in this release

There are two main Apache Axis2 modules provided with this release.

- rampart-1.2.mar
This provides support for WS-Security and WS-SecureConversation features.
- rahas-1.2.mar
This module provides the necessary components to enable SecurityTokenService functionality on a service.

Apache Rampart 1.2 uses a configuration model based on WS-Policy and WS-Security Policy and it is important to note that Apache Rampart 1.0 style configuration is also available even though being marked as deprecated.

Apache Rampart 1.2 can be successfully used with the next Apache Sandesha2 release targeted towards Apache Axis2 1.2 to configure WS-SecureConversation + WS-ReliableMessaging scenarios.

The rampart module was successfully tested for interoperability with other WS-Security implementations.

WS - Sec* specifications supported by Apache Rampart are as follows:

- WS - Security 1.0
- WS - Secure Conversation - February 2005
- WS - Security Policy - 1.1 - July 2005
- WS - Trust - February 2005
- WS - Trust - WS-SX spec - EXPERIMENTAL

Thank you for using Apache Rampart.

Apache Rampart team