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Re: RE: The sky is falling! XML's dirty secret! Go back!

• To: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
• Subject: Re: RE: The sky is falling! XML's dirty secret! Go back! It's a trap!
• From: Christian Nentwich <c.nentwich@c...>
• Date: 31 May 2002 17:05:48 +0100
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <EDOIJIGA51TRTS8761HFHBVSJFCNMG.3cf6abb5@MChamp>
• References: <EDOIJIGA51TRTS8761HFHBVSJFCNMG.3cf6abb5@MChamp>

> The tags in an XML message are likely to be known (or easily
> guessable) by an attacker.  So, a straightforward encryption of

Many encryption systems in practice today compress the data before
encryption. Bye bye tag names.

> I was sortof wondering if that was what was being implied in
> the article, but it was never stated clearly.

Why are people trying so hard to give these guys credit? Is this the XML
Stockholm syndrome, perhaps fuelled by guilt over a lack of fundamental
research in the area ? :-))

Christian Nentwich

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