Newbie:Question SecurityTokenReference

Hi,
	I am a newbie in the world of XML signatures and webservices security, I was reading a document Web Services Security X.509 Certificate Token Profile document, 
	I have a question on the same 

	1. What is the difference between PKIPath object and Certificate Path object?

	2. When a digital certificate is referred directly a securitytokenreference element is used directly, however when a PKIPath object is used the KeyInfo->	    securitytokenreference element is used, why is the difference?

If this is not the right forum to ask this question please guide me to the right forum. Thanks in advance.



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Received on Monday, 27 October 2003 22:59:05 UTC