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

> Careful!  The "Ultimate receiver" (in SOAP speak) in that case *is*
> the recipient of the message, identified by the URI, since it terminates
> the message.  If it chooses to pass the data it receives along to some
> other service, it needs a whole new SOAP message to do so.

Then you'd also argue that the SSL accelerator, the HTTP load balancer,
and the TCP/IP firewall are also recipients?

Is this a layer four device or a layer seven service?  Yes. :)

	/r$

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