On Sep 29, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Marvin Addison wrote:

> Why bother with authentication if the subsequent data is trivially
> difficult to steal?

Web services answer to that would be, "because the subsequent data is just a 
public web post or calendar item - we are authenticating to keep spammers out, 
and provide attribution to the post".

Thanks for the feedback on that. The XML return and the proxy tickets are good 
things to keep in mind.


Best,
Kim


Kim Cary
Chief Information Security Officer
Pepperdine University

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answer to that would be, "because the subsequent data is just a public web post 
or calendar item - we are authenticating to keep spammers out, and provide 
attribution to the post".</div><br><div>Thanks for the feedback on that. The 
XML return and the proxy tickets are good things to keep in 
mind.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Best,</div><div>Kim</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kim
 Cary</div><div>Chief Information Security Officer</div><div>Pepperdine 
University</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>
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