Also note that both 'LOCAL' and 'INTERNET' connections deal exclusively with (or so _I_ want them to) XML. > +-------+ > | Front | > +-------+ > | /|\ > | | > LOCAL | | LOCAL > | | > \|/ | > +--------+ > | Middle | > +--------+ > | /|\ > | | > INTERNET | | INTERNET > | | > \|/ | > +--------+ > | Middle |/______________ > +--------+\ | > / \ | > LOCAL / \ LOCAL | LOCAL > / \ | > +-----+/_/ \_\+-----+____| > | |\ /| | > | Back|_______________\|Back |_________\ > | | ANY PROTOCOL /| | ETC. / > +-----+ +-----+ Jeff -- +----------------------------------+ | J.W. Bizzaro | | | | http://bioinformatics.org/~jeff/ | | | | BIOINFORMATICS.ORG | | The Open Lab | | | | http://bioinformatics.org/ | +----------------------------------+