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Paul Prescod wrote, > HTTP can of course be used to tunnel (POST: don't ask, don't tell). > But REST is an integration architecture: tunnelling of proprietary > protocols is precisely what it is designed to *replace*. Sure, but here there's a significant cost: if you want to use REST/HTTP you'd have to expand the scope of the secure endpoint to include the HTTP server. And that means that you have a much bigger chunk of software that'd need to pass the relevant certification criteria ... and that could be *very* time-consuming and expensive (if, indeed, it's possible at all in any realistic sense). I'm sure Rich can elaborate on this ... I'd be interested in hearing his opinions. Cheers, Miles
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