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Re: IEEE Computer: "XML Raises Concerns" (Was Re: XM

• To: Chiusano Joseph <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Subject: Re: IEEE Computer: "XML Raises Concerns" (Was Re: XML [expletive deleted])
• From: Mitch Amiano <mamiano@n...>
• Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 09:14:43 -0400
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I should clarify what I meant by "articles like this make me worry". 

It makes me worry when misperception and market hype form the basis of one of the few XML articles I've seen in IEEE Computer. 

- Mitch

Chiusano Joseph wrote:
> <Quote>
> 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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