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  • "In non-technical terms, the Court has held that free licenses such as the Creative Commons licenses set conditions on the use of copyrighted work. When you violate the condition, the license disappears, meaning you're simply a copyright infringer. This is the theory of the GPL and all CC licenses. Put precisely, whether or not they are also contracts, they are copyright licenses which expire if you fail to abide by the terms of the license."
  • Apache Rampart is the Axis2 module that provides WS-Security functionality to Axis2 Web services and their clients. Rampart currently implements WS-Security, WS-SecurityPolicy , WS-SecureConversation and WS-Trust specifications. In this tutorial, we will look at applying transport level security to a Web service or a client using Apache Rampart. This tutorial is a step by step guide on how to use username token authentication with Apache Rampart using policy based configuration. We'll first look at a scenario. Then we'll look at deploying the Apache Rampart module in Axis2. We will then go on to look at how a Axis2 web service and a client can be secured with Rampart. With Axis2/Rampart proven to be highly interoperable, either the Web service or the client can be also written and secured using some Web service stack other than Axis2/Java, such as .NET , C or PHP. For example, Axis2 client with Rampart can be used to consume a secure .NET Web service.
  • Prepping for the next Cisco CCNA certification? Preparing might be as simple as firing up your computer and playing a video game, at least for some elements of the exam, if Learning@Cisco has its way.

    The learning and certification division of the networking giant has launched its most ambitious stab at a learning game with Cisco Mind Share, which is billed as covering about half of the material needed for the CCENT exam.