RE: [xml-dev] SOAP and Firewalls

["Joshua Allen" <joshuaa@microsoft.com>]

> So here's a simple test we can do. If we can all come to consensus
that
> firewall avoidance is a BAD THING then we can put together a petition
> that SOAP should use HTTP but simply on a different port. The SOAP
> specification should say: "Applications of SOAP MUST NOT use port 80
> unless they adhere to all of the semantics of HTTP.*"

:-)

While we're at it, why not have the petition say, "Applications of HTTP
MUST NOT use port 80 unless they adhere to all of the semantics of
HTTP.*"