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   Re: [xml-dev] The sky is falling! XML's dirty secret! Go back! It's a

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Okay, maybe I am slow to see what's wrong here, but I don't see what's wrong
here.  I have questions about the security solution presented, but isn't the
problem itself legitimate?  If it isn't, would someone be kind enough to
educate me why a self-describing data file is not an easier target for data
theft?

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Seairth Jacobs
seairth@seairth.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Bray" <tbray@textuality.com>
To: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:35 PM
Subject: [xml-dev] The sky is falling! XML's dirty secret! Go back! It's a
trap!


> The category of truth-oblivious technically-vacuous trade press articles
> about XML is far from empty, but I think we have a major new star in the
> firmament.
>
>
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/holes/story/0%2C10801%2
C71436%2C00.html
>
> Oh dear... -Tim
>
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