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• From: Miles Sabin <miles@m...>
• Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:16:57 +0100
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Francis Norton wrote,
> Ah, the power of REST - reminds me of the old medical paradox - any
> drug that doesn't have side-effects probably isn't powerful enough to
> be useful.

Interestingly, the RESTian push for GET over POST for web services is 
likely to make exploits of this sort easier. That's not a criticism of 
REST per se, but it suggests that RESTians probably have a duty to 
think about the security implications of GET vs POST.

Cheers,


Miles

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