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   Re: [xml-dev] SOAP-RPC and REST and security

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Gavin Thomas Nicol wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 20 February 2002 12:53 am, Paul Prescod wrote:
> > How is "being in the same namespace" a priviledge?
> 
> Visibility/discovery. Knowing about something is a priviledge. Not
> even providing a means for discovery is better protection than fending
> off people trying to break down the door.

How does a global URI namespace imply visibility/discovery. I've just
put a document on my prescod.net website with your name in the URI. Can
you find it? URIs are much less discoverable than, let's say FTP
filenames.

 Paul Prescod




 

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