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   Re: [xml-dev] SOA and the Single URL

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Rich Salz wrote:
>> So each message, no matter the size, should be parsed to determine 
>> authorization, authentication and validity? As opposed to 
>> stopping/redirecting a request based on the URL/request-credentials 
>> before a parse happens?
> 
> 
> Should be?  Even I'd be reluctant to use something other than "may."
> If your gateway facility is fast enough to handle the traffic, than you 
> can get significant performance gains by offloading stuff like you 
> mention from your application servers.  A J2EE server is not usually the 
> most performant place to do a WS-Security signature validation.
> 
> There are security benefits, too.  Put the router into your DMZ and you 
> prevent bad messages from even getting onto your network.  Pass all XML 
> traffic through it and you have a guaranteed policy enforcement point.


OK, I can see what you are saying. Is there some facility to 
deny/turn-off processing for a type of DoS attack? Say something is 
sending you several complex, large messages - what happens to the gateway?

-Rob


> 
> But definitely, not everyone needs or wants to do this.  It's all about 
> engineering trade-offs.
> 
>     /r$
> 





 

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