RE: SOAPAction Proposal

> >what do users of an HTTP binding need to get at w/o
> >cracking the XML.  If there is such info, then we should
> >have HTTP headers. 
> 
> Good question. There are at least a few cases where having some
> information in the HTTP header fields could be of help - if for nothing
> else then to shut off messages unless they are signed or otherwise
> verified:

There is definitely value in having some amount of information at
the HTTP layer, even if it merely duplicates some info already present
in the XML-encoded header or payload. This means that existing load
balancers, proxies and firewalls have a chance of being configured
to do something potentially useful. 

I predict that in the long run, those network devices will have to
understand and deal with XML at a number of layers -- just as
switches had to learn to deal with HTTP in the first place -- 
but having the info duplicated allows for some limited amount of 
intelligent behavior by the existing network infrastructure.



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\\ DataPower Technology, Inc.