• From: Michael Ludwig <milu71@g...>
• To: "'xml-dev@l...'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:32:59 +0100

Maybe I'm missing something ...

> And the prefix can be anything, e.g.,
> 
>     <attackNOW:book xmlns:attackNOW="http://www.book.org">

But this just seems to be a badly chosen prefix.

> Not so innocent-looking anymore, is it?

It looks a bit silly, just like the following in C or Java:

  int attackNOW = 0;

-- 
Michael Ludwig

• References:
  • Namespace prefixes are a security risk
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>