Apache Rampart 1.7.0 is a major release designed for compatibility with Axis2 1.7.0. A complete list of issues fixed in this release can be found here.
Please note that Apache Rampart uses a configuration model based on WS-Policy and WS-Security Policy and that the Apache Rampart 1.0 style configuration (already deprecated since Rampart 1.1) is no longer supported in 1.7.0.