true, I was thinking, it wasn't just a port, but some kind of vpn or
proxy, thinking the same thing, why woiuld you need a .net client to
get through a port?
Sounds like you could use some source code to see what all this stuff
is doing.
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On Sep 5, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Scott Cadillac wrote:
Hi Roland,
They say that they also intentionally change it to break
clients that aren't qualified.
this one is buried behind a firewall, so it requires a
client that can negotiate the firewall. They whipped up such
a client
in .NET. There may be a java client, though I've not seen it
yet.
Either these guys don't understand their own system, and are just
faking their way through it by spewing buzzwords and jargon - or
they are purposely misleading you.
Intentionally breaking their API as a security measure is nonsense.
I'd fire the person that came up with that idea.
And if a .NET client can negotiate their firewall, then so can a
Java app and Witango. Either they have a firewall port open, or not.
A port is a port is a port.
80 operates no different than 3333 or 64444, and <@URL> can call
HTTP on a custom port, last time I checked.
well, the way it SEEMS to work is that the notion of web services
enables machine-to-machine information interchange. Platform
independent, etc.
To
my way of thinking, it defeats all that standards platform
independent formatting stuff as you have to have their client to hit
their service. Why bother with SOAP? Seems like a waste of effort.
Yeah, seriously I don't think these guys know what they're talking
about. SOAP over HTTP is not rocket science and is a fine solution,
unfortunately the IT staff at Choicepoint is the wrong people to
manage it.
I know this doesn't get you any closer to a solution, but at least
know this isn't hopeless. So maybe you can ask to speak to someone
who knows what they're talking about at this place?
I wish I had the time to help you out, but I don't unfortunately (I
have a fulltime contract right now that is not a small job) - I'd
love the opportunity to throw their BS back at them.
Best of luck.
Scott Cadillac,
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://scott.cadillac.bz
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