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> Seairth Jacobs wrote: > > Okay, maybe I am slow to see what's wrong here, but I don't see what's wrong > > here. I have questions about the security solution presented, but isn't the > > problem itself legitimate? If it isn't, would someone be kind enough to > > educate me why a self-describing data file is not an easier target for data > > theft? > > Shipping unencrypted sensitive information from anywhere to anywhere > over any medium whatsoever is egregiously stupid. Fortunately, the > infrastructure is well-supplied with tools to support secure encrypted > transmission of anything from anywhere to anywhere; whether the anything > is XML or not is purely orthogonal. Egads! I'll probably get flamed for saying so, but I am absolutely astonished that Tim had to explain this. I would have thought the silliness of the article transparent and unquestioned on this mailing list. I guess you just never know... -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. http://uche.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org http://fourthought.com Track chair, XML/Web Services One (San Jose, Boston): http://www.xmlconference.com/ DAML Reference - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/05/01/damlref.html The Languages of the Semantic Web - http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=2453/new1020218556549/index.html XML, The Model Driven Architecture, and RDF @ XML Europe - http://www.xmleurope.com/2002/kttrack.asp#themodel
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