Re: XML Encryption applied to arbitrary data

Hi Zahid,

I think XML Encryption is useful, of course, when your application uses XML
and XML-related technologies.  It is also useful when you want to store
encrypted data externally, i.e., detach it from its meta data.

Thanks,
Takeshi IMAMURA
Tokyo Research Laboratory
IBM Research
imamu@jp.ibm.com



From: "Ahmed, Zahid" <zahid.ahmed@commerceone.com> on 2002/01/26 08:53

To:   "'dee3@torque.pothole.com'" <dee3@torque.pothole.com>
cc:   Takeshi Imamura/Japan/IBM@IBMJP, "'jimsch5@home.com'"
      <jimsch5@home.com>
Subject:  XML Encryption applied to arbitrary data





I believe XML encryption has support for encrypting non-XML data.

How would this compare to PKCS7 encryption and decryption of
non-XML documents/data?

any thoughts on advantages of using XML encryption on non-XML data?

are we getting close to final draft?

thanks,
Zahid