Can you describe the "architecture" of the Internet you are referring to ?
Jim Fleming
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From: "Brian E Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Keith Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: Comparison of ICAP and SOAP
> Web Services intermediaries will certainly exist and use SOAP; whether
> they are exactly like the current OPES model is still unclear. Indeed
> the security/integrity problems have to be solved, and this is more
> fundamental than debating the ICAP hammer and the SOAP screwdriver.
>
> Brian
>
> Keith Moore wrote:
> >
> > > Several of us have long believed that with an OPES framework,
multiple
> > > existing remote procedure call protocols including iCAP and SOAP can
> > > be added to an authenticated and authorized intermediate proxy model.
> >
> > so by adding components that can alter data in transit, you're going
> > to increase the level of integrity? right.
> >
> > Keith
>
