--- Robert Sayre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dare Obasanjo wrote:
>
> >
> > I wonder what you're going to argue next. Maybe
> it'll
> > be the fact that a malicious Atom server can use
> > existing HTTP redirect responses to send clients
> to
> > other sites and invoke URIs that have side
> effects.
> >
> > Oh my God!!! What do we do??? We must abandon
> HTTP...
> >
>
> You'll find that the common behavior for a redirect
> from a POST is to
> send a GET.
You'll also find that it is common behavior for GET
requests to have side effects. Even Bloglines so
called RESTful API is full of GET requests that have
side effects.
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THINGS TO DO IF I BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD #222
I reserve the right to execute any henchmen who appear to be a little too intelligent,
powerful, or devious. However if I do so, I will not at some subsequent point shout
"Why am I surrounded by these incompetent fools?!"
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