If the lack of native security in Web services protocols isn't enough to concern users, research firm ZapThink on Friday also warned users that firewall and routing platforms lack the ability to intelligently process XML content.
Not surprisingly, a new class of technology and products has risen up to fill this void. ZapThink calls them XML proxies, add-ons to firewall and network environments that have the ability to monitor XML traffic and apply business rules and IT policies such as security, routing, performance, management, transformation, and connection provisioning.
Current firewalls aren't able to peek in the envelope and decipher XML traffic, said report author Ronald Schmelzer, ZapThink senior analyst.
XML proxies are not only able to understand network protocols, but also the XML-based content traveling on top of those protocols, Schmelzer said.
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