Re: [xml-dev] Open Platform

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

On 14/12/2010 03:36, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> * Michael Kay wrote:
>> Security restrictions in terms of what resources are accessible are of
>> course reasonable, though as far as I can see the cross-site-scripting
>> rules seem to be about as relevant to the real threat model as the
>> theatrical checks performed in airport security halls.
> It is common for web sites to discriminate based on client IP addresses.
> If I know for instance that some organization serves documents on its
> site that are only available to its members, and know the site is con-
> figured to require no further authentication for requests that come from
> within a member's network, I can gain access to those documents simply
> by setting up an advertisement, which sooner or later would be shown to
> someone from within such a network, which then sends me the documents.
I'm not quite sure whether your intent was to agree with me or disagree 
with me. The way I read your comment, you are agreeing with me that the 
current security model is a joke.

Michael Kay
Saxonica