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At 01:42 PM 3/14/01 -0600, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: >Not XML, but here is an interesting article >illustrating some results of bad practice >and what can happen if the simple >approach is preferred. (Try the simple >thing first and wait for the results...). > >http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q1/greathack-1.html > >Stunning information. The architects tried to >make it easy then the world made it hard. So >they adjust but not before the damage is done. I don't think that article says what you're claiming it says. Security adminstrators doing a crappy job doesn't strike me as "the simple approach", and all of the conclusions read "Failure to follow Best Practices", not "Architects made core technology too simple". Nor am I convinced that security examples are great metaphors for XML work. Simon St.Laurent - Associate Editor, O'Reilly and Associates XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. XHTML: Migrating Toward XML http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books
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