Re: [emergency-msg] CAP Channels

[Allen Wyke <emtc@nc.rr.com>]

On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 10:35, Rex Brooks wrote:
> I chased IRC down that rabbithole once upon a time, and I won't do it 
> again. Unlike a lot, if not the majority, of folks who are largely 
> agnostic about transport protocols, I have arrived at a very 
> restricted set of acceptable mechanisms for myself: http, https, ftp, 
> and very structured messaging--primarily SOAP. I have a wish list for 
> XMLP, but I'm not holding my breath. More widely used messaging 
> scares me silly in terms of utter lack of security and I wouldn't 
> touch it. With the vulnerabilities being uncovered in MS's RPC, I am 
> now shying away from that, too.
> 
> In case you haven't guessed already, I am being metaphorically 
> dragged kicking and screaming into a Security-First mentality. I will 
> try not to beat that drum too loudly, but don't say I didn't warn ya. 
> ;)

I in no way wanted to touch the topic of agreeing or disagreeing with
these statements in the MSG email thread (that is a rabbithole I have
been down before :), but I do think you make some good comments that
should be most appropriately shared with the EM IF. Having said that, I
have taken the liberty to post just this part of your message to that
list. I think it would be a good thing to discuss.

-- 
R. Allen Wyke
Chair, Emergency Management TC
emtc@nc.rr.com
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency