Hey
"Frank D. Greco" wrote:
> At 10:24 AM 10/21/99 +0200, Per Spilling wrote:
> >Using DCOM for this is virtually impossible, but the same is more or less the
> >case with RMI/IIOP because of firewall problems, although in a controlled
> >extranet configuration one could configure the firewall to let through IIOP
> >packets. SOAP is a way to package a DCOM call as an XML message and thus
> >overcoming the firewall problem, while COM components running on an intranet
> >would still use DCOM to communicate.
>
> So, you're suggesting that we all use XML to do rpc-ish things?
>
> Well... you can turn left here, I'm turning right.
I agree, see below.
> >A similar approach would IMHO be very useful also for the EJB/CORBA world.
>
> imho, a *better* approach is to figure out how to solve the firewall
> "problem". The lemming strategy is not always a good one. Let's
> be innovative.
Yes, this all-too-common strategy is merely a way to avoid the symptom
of the problem, and not dealing with the source of the problem. For some
reason it is easier for us programmers to tunnel our protocols in HTTP,
instead of trying to fix the firewall "problem" (yup, been there myself,
and no, I didn't get the message across *sigh*). It is very
counter-productive, and most certainly has a very bad effect on
performance.
IMHO, the ObjectWeb as Edwards/Orfali/Harkey so often mention in their
books simply wont happen as long as we keep building higher and stronger
walls between our intranet islands. The biggest threat to the ObjectWeb
concept is not technical, but this firewall "problem". Solutions such as
SOAP is a symptom-based solution rather than a problem-based solution.
XML over HTTP for RPC? Yeah.. right..
/Rickard
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