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• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 08:38:07 -0400
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2) extensively describing a document's contents and appearing in plain
text creates security concerns.
</Quote>

XML Encryption?

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

Mitch Amiano wrote:
> 
> I'll raise the recent piece by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, "XML Raises Concerns as it Gains Prominence," in the May issue of IEEE Computer mag as a less well considered criticism of XML.
> 
> The article says XML raises several key concerns, among them:
> 1) because they provide considerable information about a document's content, xml files include much more data than HTML files. This is a burden to a company's network, processor and storage infrastructures.
> 2) extensively describing a document's contents and appearing in plain text creates security concerns.
> 3) many developers may not be cooperating with the effort to transition to XML via XHTML.
> 
> Proposed solutions
> 1) buy a centralized $35k + appliance to translate between XML and binary formats
> 2) use and XML firewall to inspect each packet, deploy extensive directory services, and use secure sockets.
> 3) none suggested. "This transition would force [developers] to learn a new set of skills and require them to rewrite their older code..."
> 
> Contrasted to the Hunt and Thomas article, articles like this make me worry.
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